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Philip K. Dick got me through my teenage years. I read all of his novels, many of them multiple times, but among my favorites was always A Scanner Darkly, the twisted tale of a drug-addled officer assigned to spy on some drug-addled layabouts, with mind-addling results. (I also really dug Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said, as well as any number of others, on up to and including Valis. Plus, it’s really worth checking out his non-science-fiction fiction, like Confessions of a Crap Artist. But I digress.) Now the DVD of the recent Scanner Darkly movie — a cool, rotoscoped experience starring Keanu Reeves and Woody Harrelson, which is actually pretty good — is getting a release party in the virtual world of Second Life, kicking off next Monday, December 18, from 6:00pm to 10:00pm SL time (from 9:00pm Eastern). Sounds fun, too: “There will be music and a lot of imagery and visual experiences reminiscent of the film or trippy to the point that a Pokemon level seizure isn’t far behind,” according to a flak. (Pokemon seizures in Second Life? I’m so there.) There will also be audio and video clips from the film, and a few surprises. SLurl on over on Monday. And don’t forget to check out the advert in the Second Life Herald sidebar for a cute quip from the movie, heh.