This was a very organized presentation, which made it easy to follow. Your idea to structure it as the recreation of the research experience itself was original and clearly demonstrated the amount of time and perseverance it required. In fact, using this format raised the question as to why it was so difficult to locate these scenes of the machinima world – should we conclude that maybe it is still a burgeoning area of practice in arts and education? Or, should we wonder if those who are using machinima in these domains are not yet effective at promoting their use of it? Or, is this merely the trajectory of SL research for a newbie becoming a veteran user who now rents property and furnishes her home with projections of Wong Kar Wai film stills?

You clearly announced that this is a work-in-progress, so it is likely you were simply documenting your progress to-date. If, when you’ve gotten further in your work and are ready to present at Irvine (if our proposal gets accepted), in your presentation you trace for us your research experience, it will be necessary to ‘justify’ it. But, I assume, you probably won’t structure it that way, as you’ll have more to tell us about how machinima is being used, how you are using it, and the impacts these uses are having in the arts and education. You’ve already got some great contacts and examples of the kinds of work being done and it seems like you are interested in using it yourself. Maybe in your next version of this presentation you’ll include your own experiments with machinima for promotional or other purposes.

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