... But it will never air in the US (damn you, CNN, for gipping us on the good content - who wants to watch Larry King, anyways?). In yet another example of nice, positive press - focusing not on video games turning kids into psychotic nutjobs, but on the positive interaction possible in virtual worlds (but frequently not in the real world) - CNN International's "Future Summit" talked with two panels of researchers, developers, and other interested parties about "virtual worlds" and what people do in them.

While aspects of it reminded me of the horrible videos we were subjected to in high school science classes, it's always nice to see positive press out there (especially when it involves people with letters behind their names). The clip was edited down to the 8 minutes above from 50 minutes by Nick Yee, a recent graduate of Stanford University who focused his dissertation research on online games and virtual environments. I'd like to see the whole thing, but alas, there's no CNN International on my TV anymore. Maggie Greene

CNN Future Summit [Terra Nova]