Inworld Review Returns

 As many of you know, this summer we lost Mal Burns, the creator and host of Inworld Review, the talk show on his Metaworld Youtube channel. His death was a blow to his friends and to the many people who knew and admired him through his projects, all aimed at helping Opensim to be better known and appreciated.

Mal explaining something technical on Inworld Review

For the past months, Inworld Review has been offline, and this was a decision by the team who helped Mal keep the show on the road over many years. This was out of respect for Mal and his family, and also to give some time for reflection to those who had helped Mal make the show over the years. 

Interviewing Lampi, Marlon and Tutz from Pangea Grid

In the end, the team felt that the real way to respect Mal's legacy is by continuing to let people know about all creators and innovators who call Opensim home, and the great places and projects they have brought to life here.

Cherry Manga at the new Inworld review studio.
In the background, the tribute to Mal Burns statue by Cherry.

That's why on October 26 Inworld Review will return with a Special episode with the extraordinary Cherry Manga as guest. 

Later in the year, Inworld Review will return as a weekly magazine and talk show and while the spirit of the program will be the same, some aspects will be a little bit different. 

Firstly, the time of the show will change - it will start one hour earlier than it used to, at 11am SLT instead of 12 noon. Secondly, to watch the show, there's a new YouTube channel, since the original one may become inoperable over time for obvious reasons. 

There's no content there yet, but it's never too soon to Subscribe and share the new link to Inworld Review on Youtube.  

The original channel will, we hope, stay up for many years to come, with its vast archive of interviews and tales of intrepid hypergridding. But as you can understand, over time access to the channel may become more difficult, so it's best to have a brand new one we can properly care for.

The next change is that the show will be a little bit shorter, we plan to keep it to sixty minutes (oh... now you'll have to watch just to see if we can do it!). Another big mod is that the old studio has been replaced with a brand new building, thanks to Jimmy Olsen for that! It's located on HIE region on HG Safari grid, the same sim that is home to the Hypergrid International Expo. 

The new home of Inworld Review is a more organic, futuristic building by Jimmy Olsen

Mal of course is irreplaceable, but the new lineup on the Inworld Review couch - Petlove Petshop, Tosha Tyran, James Atlloud and Thirza Ember - are all enthusiastic about continuing the journey together with you through so many virtual worlds, and to interview you on the show, and talk with optimism about your builds and breakthroughs. So keep being creative! You're essential to our community!  Favorite segments will continue, like Hypergrid Happenings, the Interview, and news and videos with significance to our virtual worlds.

And the monkey will still be there. Join us if you can!

To keep up with the show's progress, consider joining the Inworld Review Discord Group, or the Inworld Review group on Facebook.