Big Brother rolls on in Second Life, but sadly Gideon Television (my reason for visiting the virtual house every night for a week or so) has been evicted.
He went out in style though, with a sequence so daring; so invigoratingly shocking that no doubt no one will be talking about it for seconds:
Instructions for the final rites were given - if our names were called, we were to descend the tube to a place where the survivors could pick carrion from the corpses.
A dramatic pause, and then Big Brother, his virtual breath reeking with a stench of pity, announced that "THE FIRST PERSON IN HISTORY EVER TO BE EVICTED FROM THE VIRTUAL BIG BROTHER IS...."
Beat.
"GIDEON TELEVISION".
As the mob went crazy, I bellowed "NOOOOOO", less out of anguish than to allow TheDiva to swoon on cue, as per our arrangement.
And here is where Big Brother came to realize that while reality may come to Second Life, some Television will always remain unscripted. Pulling my beloved Desert Eagle from it's holster (Razen was right, they SHOULD have strip searched me), I gave one final wink to Phaylen, put the barrel to my temple, and pulled the trigger. A fountain of blood exploded across the walls of my glass prison, a bloody finale that'll take days to wipe clean. I fell to the ground, and only those in the box with me heard my final whispered message. Maybe they'll share it with the housemates, maybe they won't.
And then, fade to black.
Brilliant. If only Reality TV was as good as unReality TV
Gideon's very thorough and insightful post-mortem on BBSL here, including how Endemol dropped the ball and 5 pointers to the future.
Gideon, you rock. You are my hero.
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