Have you ever wondered what the next step will be after people get bored with online communities like facebook and myspace? Second Life is that next step. It combines the typical attributes of any community based website, and applies them to customizable characters in a customizable setting in a 3d world. It is also similar to the massive online gaming phenomenons like guild wars and world of warcraft but it's emphasis is on the realistic aspects of life (rather that fantastical role playing). This means that you can be or not be yourself on this platform. I think that this will get more and more popular within the next few years because it's actually kind of addictive. Already, people have built friendships across the globe (as they do in myspace, but second life just adds that little extra creepiness to the exchange), and interact as you would in real life. go out to eat. go shopping. take a drive. fly like peter pan!? (c'mon, it can't be completely realistic, or else it would suck) I think this applies to the pop culture world because these tools that are created to "help people create their true identity" without the backlash of real life judgement are becoming increasingly popular. it's free to try so i suggest that you download it and mess with it for a bit. talk to people. etc. (If some of you are already a part of this community you should post your names, mine is Dai Grigorovich (weird Russian pessimist lol))
http://www.secondlife.com/
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i think that this sounds really cool. im pretty sure that mtv has had something like this before. i wonder if it will really catchc on or just be another short lived phase.
This sounds cool, but at the same time it seems like a huge waste of time. I think people should actually be going out to movies and getting dinner rather than pretending to do all these things online. These games seem to create a false sense of comfort because people can create their ideal person and control from the safety of their homes, which is also probably the same reason people love these games. Just seems kinda creepy that people would waste time doing online with a fake person what they could be doing in real life.
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