It’s been a few months since the last podcast but we’ve had the perfect excuse to produce Episode 10, with the Metaplace launch of the virtual worlds documentary, Another Perfect World. I received a preview copy of the movie yesterday and was impressed with its breadth and quality.

The podcast is devoted to an interview with Another Perfect World‘s Co-Director, Jorien van Nes, who provides her thoughts on the film and virtual worlds more broadly. Enjoy:

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As mentioned in the podcast, the first 30 minutes can be viewed here:

If you want to see the full movie, go to the Metaplace screening at noon (Pacific Standard Time) Thursday September 10th.

After a hiatus, the TMJ Podcast is back. Episode 9 is devoted to an interview with virtual world broadcaster / machinima creator Bernhard Drax (SL: Draxtor Despres). If you’re interested in machinima creation, virtual world journalism, politics and religion, you should enjoy Bernhard’s thoughts.

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Links or resources mentioned in the podcast:

http://www.shidonni.com

http://www.vside.com

http://www.hangout.net

Lifefactory Writer’s machinima ‘Life on Life’:

This episode consists of a discussion between Feldpar Epstein, Graham Sabre and myself on the recent WA Police foray into Second Life, some interesting education applications of both social and gaming virtual worlds, and the challenges of zoning land in Second Life. We also announce the winner of our L$5000 forum sign-up competition.

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This episode consists of a discussion between Feldpar Epstein and myself on a range of topics including virtual worlds addiction, Google Lively, education in Second Life and much more.

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Episode 6 features a news roundup, a short review of Tom Boellstorff’s ‘Coming of Age in Second Life’ and an interview with Dr Helen Farley from the University of Queensland on religion and Second Life.

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Episode 5 revolves around a fascinating interview with Dr Melissa de Zwart, Senior Lecturer and Director, Teaching at Monash University’s Law Faculty.

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Episode 4 has a news roundup, some discussion on why there’s been a decline in active Australian users of Second Life and an interview with Graham Sabre, The Metaverse Journal’s education writer.

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Episode 3 is live and it features an interview with veteran Australian Second Lifer, Wolfie Rankin. We discuss a wide range of topics including furries, ABC Island and the Australian community in Second Life.

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Any feedback on the podcast is welcome and feel free to comment below this post. Suggestions of future guests or topics also very welcome.

We’ve got Episode 2 of our podcast live a week after Episode 1, mainly due to the opportunity to interview VastPark CEO Bruce Joy.

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It’s an interview of more than 30 minutes but Bruce has some fascinating insights on VastPark’s development and the virtual world business in general. There’s also some brief news snippets and a preview of Episode 3.

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It’s taken a while but I’m proud to announce that first edition of the Metaverse Journal Podcast is now available:

We’re working on being listed in the podcast directory of iTunes but in the meantime, you can subscribe to the podcast RSS feed here. As Jovin very handily says in the comments below, pasting the link into iTunes (‘Advanced’ menu – ‘Subscribe to Podcast’) will get you subscribed within iTunes anyway.

The running sheet for Episode 1:

1. Introduction
2. News roundup
3. Book reviews
4. Editorial: Telstra and ABC one year on
5. Wrap-up

As I mention in the podcast, its ongoing success will depend on you – post a comment here on what you liked / disliked about the first edition and what other stuff you’d like to hear. If you wanted to submit your own audio snippets for inclusion, they’ll be used as well. Think of it as your audio soapbox.

All feedback appreciated though I already know I have some improvement to do in terms of audio production and my own delivery For the tech-heads, the podcast was recorded using a trial version of Ubercaster. I was so impressed with it that I’ve now purchased it – it’s well worth a look if podcasting’s your thing.