So today I joined the millions of people who have already experience the world of “Second life”. Second Life is a virtual world in which people can chat, create “avatars” or characters to their liking, travel, or just enjoy a cup of coffee. This idea is somewhat strange to me and I have to say I am skeptical. While I have only given it one shot, I don’t really understand the purpose of creating a “fake” person who walks around in a “fake” world talking to other “fake” people. It is fascinating that so many people use this service and enjoy it. I have yet to discover the purpose and what attracts people to “Second Life” but I have only experimented for a little while so far.
My avatar’s name is Cameron Pixelmaid. She is a tall, thin, blonde professional female who enjoys fashion. Cameron tried to go to Paris to sit on the Eiffel Tower lawn but couldn’t figure out how to navigate the virtual world. I did fly, which was cool and I chatted with another person. We both just joined in the past few days. She gave me some advice on traveling. I think that this is a really neat idea and could definitely be interesting if I could figure it all out. Although, I don’t really have the patience. I have never liked video games because I can never see what I want to see and navigating the areas are somewhat difficult. Also, after downloading the program, my computer was running a little slower so it took longer and the images were broken. Travel was not smooth for Cameron so I decided to log out and try again later. I can’t say that I will continue using “Second Life”, but I do want to find the Eiffel tower at least once before I give up completely. I haven’t given it fair chance yet and I’m sure I will be able to figure it out eventually.
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