Monday, November 5, 2012

Second Life

After so long I've finally managed to try out Second Life. It was introduced to me by my tutor as he told me that it would help me further understand my dissertation topic as I could live my life in an alternate, virtual dimension through an avatar in the game.

For those of you who haven't heard of the game, it is basically a social platform whereby you control an avatar to go about your activities. Picture the game Sims but in a more realistic manner. You could purchase in game items, meet people, do activities together, etc. I have heard somewhere too that apparently someone created a game in the game and because it was so popular it eventually be turned into a game in reality. Not too sure what game is that though, will try to find out.

So yes, that's pretty much what the game is about, living your life in a virtual world. I just started so I don't really know how to get things done. All I know how is to move the character around, move to different destination, change clothes. And because my line at home is so slow it gave me a headache moving around as the buildings take forever to load! I guess there's just too much details. I shall go find somewhere with better connection to test out the game.

Here's a screen shot of my avatar:


Oh, and did I mention that you can fly too?


If you look closely in the image above you could see some little humans down there, those are other players in the game.


That's how the marketplace looks in the game. Not sure if there's a more realistic one such as supermarkets or restaurants in the game, have yet to find out. These marketplace are pretty much in every destination and there are a lot offering stuff for free, there's even a place for newbies where they give a whole bunch of free things! So you don't have to worry about having to spend real money if you intend to just play it for fun.


See the girl in green in front of me and the one on the upper left? They're dancing Gangnam style!

Anyone interested in joining me in the game? Do let me know if you're playing!

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