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
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