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Another perfect world is a Channel 4 documentary, which aired on More 4 in the UK this week. I am always sceptical when it comes to documentaries about virtual worlds, as it seems they are frequently misinformed dramatisations centred around one case of some bloody nutcase who decides she is going to abandon her several children in favour of building a pixel home and having prim babies with some computer geek sitting in his Mother’s basement some ten thousand miles away.

However, I decided to give it a go on the understanding that this was apparently a little different. And indeed it was. Another Perfect World opens by describing the creators, founders and residents of virtual worlds as “the next generation of pioneers, pushing back the frontiers of a new civilisation and having to determine how to build healthy, functioning societies from nothing.” Instead of looking at exclusively at Second Life, this documentary tackles a number of virtual worlds and the problems and plus sides from a more educated and informed angle than the previous sensationalist TV offerings have done.

For Second Lifers, there’s an interview with Philip Rosedale and plenty of footage shot in Second Life.

It’s actually pretty interesting watching. I wno’t give a running commentary on it as that would defeat the object of you watching it. But for those of you in the UK, this is showing on More4 Catch up until 23rd July 2009. You can find that by clicking here. Anyone outside the UK, I don’t believe this will load for you! However, a quick Google search under “A Perfect World More 4,” just might yield results )

Enjoy!