Insomnia Cure: Virtual Tour of Prez Hopeful Mike Gravel's Second Life Campaign HQ

October 6, 2007 -
Second-tier presidential candidates are apparently grappling over who has the best virtual presence in the Second Life metaverse. 

In response to the YouTube video of Rep. Dennis Kucinich's new Second Life campaign headquarters covered by GamePolitics yesterday, a video of Mike Gravel's HQ is now up on YouTube.

An explanation included with the video reads:
In May of 2007, Sen. Mike Gravel became the first 2008 Presidential Candidate to endorse a presence in the virtual world of Second Life. This is a video tour (undertoned by very cheesy music) of the headquarters in Second Life.

Cheesy music indeed. Cheesy video, too. Drink a venti Starbucks before you watch this. You've been warned...

Comments

Submitted by Korrd (not verified) on Sat, 10/06/2007 - 10:31.
Maybe it's just me, but there seems to be something lacking in these videos. Like... supporters, maybe.

Not that architecture isn't fascinating.

Submitted by Bull Toru (not verified) on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 09:32.
I laugh.

Music sounds like Runescape to me.

HAVE THEY NO SHAME!?

Oh lol, at first I thought it said Mike Grovel. No offense intended, I just have bad eyesight.

Submitted by Dan (not verified) on Sat, 10/06/2007 - 20:15.
He looks like Fred Phelps in that pic. Not very flattering, methinks.

Submitted by Hannah (not verified) on Sat, 10/06/2007 - 20:23.
I visited.. it's boring. Nobody there except me and nothing to do.

A sim named "Isles of Intrigue" DOES seem like an appropriate place for a political HQ, though...

Submitted by Jacki (not verified) on Sun, 10/07/2007 - 17:00.
I like Mike Gravel and support much of his campaign, but I've visited the SL headquarters. I guess there aren't a lot of people there because there isn't much of an incentive to be there. Anything there you can easily get from either youtube or his site...with the exception of the shirt. Of course, aside from visiting the HQ, I never played the game, so a lot of good that does.

Submitted by www.proveninsomniacure.info » Insomnia Cure: Virtual T (not verified) on Tue, 10/09/2007 - 13:06.
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Submitted by JustChris (not verified) on Wed, 10/10/2007 - 13:55.
Lousy presentation, great man. But he could be doing so much more to get an audience considering that like Gravel, Ron Paul is a frank, outspoken underdog, but unlike Gravel, Paul has a large following. I don't think it's to do with their issues. I think it's the bigger competition that the Democratic front runners pose than with the Republicans.
 
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