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  1. 07-09-2008, 12:57 AM #1
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    Second Life

    So I just ran across a reference to this in today's PI.

    www.secondlife.com

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    Second Life is an Internet-based virtual world video game launched on June 23, 2003, developed by Linden Research, Inc ....A free downloadable client program called the Second Life Viewer enables its users, called "Residents", to interact with each other through motional avatars, providing an advanced level of a social network service combined with general aspects of a metaverse. Residents can explore, meet other Residents, socialize, participate in individual and group activities, and create and trade items (virtual property) and services with one another.

    Second Life is one of several virtual worlds that have been inspired by the cyberpunk literary movement, and particularly by Neal Stephenson's novel Snow Crash. The stated goal of Linden Lab is to create a....user-defined world in which people can interact, play, do business, and otherwise communicate......At the end of March 2008, approximately 13 million accounts were registered, ......In January 2008, residents spent 28,274,505 hours there,

    Has anybody else heard of this. For some reason something about the whole concept is sort of sad and depressing to me.
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    It's sort of like TGR, except ... well, it's sort of like TGR.
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    its kinda like one of those games like world of warcraft, except theres no game involved. just social interaction for people too socially retarded to interact in real life.
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    You've just heard of Second Life? Welcome to a few years ago. Yeah, it seems lame, but most things do until you try them - and no, I haven't tried it. It seems lame.
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    Quote Originally Posted by squirrelmurphy View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff Huckable View Post
    You've just heard of Second Life?
    Teenagers these days are so out of touch.
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    Sad...but all the rage.

    Google launched a virtual world a couple of days ago called Lively.

    So far in 2008, virtual worlds have raised over $300mm in capital...there are a lot of em out there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cranked View Post
    virtual worlds have raised over $300mm in capital...
    Whoa, that's like, almost a foot of money!
    What's that worth in real Euros?
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    Oh, it has losers...



    They left out, "Oh, and I could fly" as the punchline!!!
    This is the worst pain EVER!
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    Quote Originally Posted by David Witherspoon View Post
    Whoa, that's like, almost a foot of money!
    Yup...just shy of a foot...like I said, hot space...real hot space.
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