Finally someone, namely TIME magazine, shares my opinion of Second Life:
"Fans praise Second Life as a virtual hangout where you can meet and chat and buy sneakers and real estate (that's fake stuff for real money) and dance and go bowling and have sex —"virtual humans" doing "human things" online in Second Life is somehow less pathetic than, say, cooking Kaldorei spider kabobs or making magic pantaloons in World of Warcraft."
Why should doing ANYTHING in one virtual world be seen as having more 'value' than in another one. Sure people make money from Second Life by making objects and buildings for other 'players' but surely thats comparable to the gold farmers of WoW, both are doing work that the player could otherwise do in exchange for real-life payment. There is always talk of Second Life being a place to meet up and talk to people, whereas the stereotypical online game player is deprived of social interaction, however I beg to differ.
In short I applaud TIME magazines inclusion of Second Life in their 5 worst websites, even if they did add the CEO to their list of 100 people who shape our world.
~Impul5se~
Sunday, 19 August 2007
What I've learnt today: You don't know what you've got until its gone
Well in a vain effort to re-start my Blog, and to keep it up and running I've decided to start explaining what I've learnt today. I've added it to my MSN name for a while now, most of the time its just to fill space, and my philosophy of 'We learn something everyday,' but every so often theres an interesting story behind them. So I thought this is where I would explain them, so those people who don't want to ask, but are willing to read.
Therefore without further adieu I bring you todays What I've learnt: You don't know what you've got until its gone.
This could refer to so many things lately, but specifically this is a reference to my new job. I now work at a place called Comet, sure its a job of my own, that I got under my own merits rather than those of my father, but that only highlights the differences from where I used to work with my dad. There it was like I came to work and I was there with my friends, here I go to work and I'm with COLLEAGUES, and I've come to learn that theres a HUGE difference there. I always wanted to leave my old job, but now I've left I miss it there. Like the old saying goes: The grass is always greener on the other side.
~Impul5se~
As told by Ginger
Therefore without further adieu I bring you todays What I've learnt: You don't know what you've got until its gone.
This could refer to so many things lately, but specifically this is a reference to my new job. I now work at a place called Comet, sure its a job of my own, that I got under my own merits rather than those of my father, but that only highlights the differences from where I used to work with my dad. There it was like I came to work and I was there with my friends, here I go to work and I'm with COLLEAGUES, and I've come to learn that theres a HUGE difference there. I always wanted to leave my old job, but now I've left I miss it there. Like the old saying goes: The grass is always greener on the other side.
~Impul5se~
As told by Ginger
Thursday, 12 July 2007
Legacy
Its been a while since my last blog, and usually I would make an effort to catch up on what I've not posted but hey this is my blog and I can't be bothered dammit! If there is anything you want to know though use them there linky things to the side to get in contact, and I'll surely leave you a reply.
I've only just recently been introduced to the Legacy of the Force series of Star Wars books, by these guys no less, and come on when they're were the people responsible for introducing me to Catan I'm definitely going to trust them with further recommendations. So far the story has been, for want of a less often used word, Awesome! I may one day fulfil my destiny of becoming the ultimate Geek!
Today I went to see the 5th installment of the Harry Potter saga and regardless of whether or not this is said with every subsequent release in the series, it was indeed the best one yet! Granted this may have been down to Harrys go-it-alone attitute that I've been adopting lately.
Also my 360 has died on me, luckily Microsoft have just recently extended the warranty on my particular fault, so once I manage to decypher what the asian people are saying on the other side of the phone I should be sending it off for repair!
Impulse
Sing me a song and I'll sing it back to you
I've only just recently been introduced to the Legacy of the Force series of Star Wars books, by these guys no less, and come on when they're were the people responsible for introducing me to Catan I'm definitely going to trust them with further recommendations. So far the story has been, for want of a less often used word, Awesome! I may one day fulfil my destiny of becoming the ultimate Geek!
Today I went to see the 5th installment of the Harry Potter saga and regardless of whether or not this is said with every subsequent release in the series, it was indeed the best one yet! Granted this may have been down to Harrys go-it-alone attitute that I've been adopting lately.
Also my 360 has died on me, luckily Microsoft have just recently extended the warranty on my particular fault, so once I manage to decypher what the asian people are saying on the other side of the phone I should be sending it off for repair!
Impulse
Sing me a song and I'll sing it back to you
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