Back when I was a wee newblet (the second time around), Secondcast was the Second Life podcast to listen to. Since that time, almost two years ago, they've recorded 63 total episodes, of which only about 13 of them were in the last nine months. One fifth of the cast, Lordfly Digeridoo, recently pronounced Secondcast dead, after months of inactivity.

While I can't speak for them, I can speak as someone who has been on the show four or five times, with the latest being an episode that never aired in July. I heard the tone of the program change before me. What was once a fun project ended up taking a backseat to their own personal projects. Walker Spaight wrote a book, Johnny Ming and Torrid Midnight went to work for the Electric Sheep Company, Lordfly Digeridoo for Millions of Us, among others, and Cristiano Midnight busy as ever with SL Universe.

Instead of focusing on the fact that it's gone, though, I'd rather relate a happy memory I have from the show. After having been on a couple of times, Johnny asked me to make an episode into a Machinima. It turned into a total disaster. The rest of the cast was really bored and did not hide that fact. They goofed off when I needed screenshots, then got cranky before they were to watch all the Machinima.

Read on for the rest of the story ...

For those tired of Machinima, Cruxy, a digital content distribution company, is sponsoring the showing of two films by creator Fritz Donnelly. Taking place in the Samoa sim and lasting until 2007, this ongoing event offers residents the same fun of attending a RL film, but without the sticky seats and jacked-up prices (how many of you paid $10 or more to see 'Hitch'? *shudder*).

This also brings to mind the MST3K-like showing of bad films at a location near the Elbow Room, though I don't know whether they're still happening. I'm sure one of our readers will enlighten me.

Don't miss these two films, they're quite the experience.

(Thanks, Nathan!)