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/.
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/.
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