Bonus mission #2

Why is second life not a game?

What is Second Life? It is a three-dimensional virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. In the software, which anyone can download for free, you travel around as an "avatar" representing yourself (with a different name), through a huge range of spaces - beautiful natural environments, shopping malls, museums, clubs, homes, apartments, cities and many more. (“Second life”, 2007)

The name itself “Second Life” on the whole suggest that it is not a game. In fact it sounds real just like having another life to live in. According to Steven Levy (2006), for millions around the world, a game like Second Life is “more than a game – it’s an escape, an obsession and a home.” After exploring second life, you will feel as if you are able to free your mind, imagine your wildest desires, visit all those places you have never been and meet real people you have never meet.

In second life, you not only can dress or makeup yourself like what you normally do in real life, but you have the privilege to create how you want your body shape to look like to how sharp your nose is. Having the chance to teleport to places you always dream to go to is just so great.

You also have the opportunity to buy land in Second Life using linden dollars. Not only that, you can also build things with the 3d tools and scripting them with LSL (Linden Scripting Language). Another amazing thing about Second Life is that whenever you are doing anything, you can see the other people who are nearby. This brings a dimension of social life which is so elemental to how we live our lives offline.

Thus to conclude, Second Life isn't a game. It's about fulfilling long buried fantasies, doing things that you have no way of doing in your real life, meeting fascinating people and mostly about creating the creative, imaginative, intelligent and promising future.

Citations

Kirkpatrick. D. (2007). Second life: It’s not a game. Retrieved April 5, 2007, from
http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/22/magazines/fortune/whatsnext_secondlife.fortune/index.htm

Second Life. (2007). In: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved April 5, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Second_Life&diff=120696573&oldid=120695922

Levy, S. (2007). In World of Warcraft: Is It a Game. Retrieved April 5, 2007, from http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14757769/site/newsweek/page/3/print/1/displaymode/1098/.

QotW10: Wanna play for credits?


Me in Second life

SL Name: linia Hykova
Gender: female

I chose the name linia Hykova because i want a name that is not so much different from my real name. linia is just the backward spelling of ainil whereas hykova is the closest sounding of my second name which is hawa. As for my apperance, i still choose to have my long straight black hair and fair skin. The only difference that i made due to vanity and adventure sake is that, i chose to have light coloured eyes , amazingly tall and slim body and that i am dress to kill. Well, its second life! We are free to carry out our desires right? HEE..

I have chosen "Shops at the Top of the World" as my chosen destination. I guess be it real life or second life, the only thing that i would want to spend time on is to shop. Founding a place that has designer items on sale is just too hard for me to resist exploring. Not only that, this place is unique too as it is not only about shopping, it serves my other interest as well a it showcase the best art gallery in the world and the cartoon gallery.


The place " Shops at the Top of the World"

The best art gallery and cartoon gallery

Designer dresses and diamonds




The designer jewellery shop