engine room

MTV's 'The Real World' is popular for the crazy drama that results when you combine, say, a hillbilly, a sorority princess, and a gay black thug. I'm not sure how many sparks will be flying when a bunch of computer wizards sit around on their laptops in a Brooklyn loft. How do computer artists make for exciting tv or web tv? I understand that their work will be creative and impressive, and MTV managed to sign on a bunch of guest appearances, but it seems like this competition is only going to be taped in order to show off the Hewlett-Packard gadgets.