Second Life (the fantasy virtual world)
When I first began to read the second life article, I was wondering why would anyone want to pay for an online vocation. I mean you don’t get to actually feel or experience all those things. However, as I read more about the crazy possibilities in second life, I began to realize the online virtual world attraction is about imagination and being able to live out of your ordinary boring life. Online people can be anything or anyone they can imagine to be regardless of their true identity in the real world. So I kind of want to ask about how would this virtual world with endless possibilities affecting the real world? And is it okay to do the craziest thing and live a little while online?
I wonder if second world is a place for people to build this fantasy world to experience what they can experience in the real world or just as an escape from all the boringness in school and stress from work. And is there any danger of being so deeply into a virtual world that only exists online?
Anyways, I was just kind of wondering about this. As you can tell, I don’t play much video games.
posted by Joyce at 10:34 AM
2 Comments:
I think what makes Second Life so inviting is that fact that you can create the world that you've always imagined and dreamed of. Though one of the reasons I try and stay away from stuff like that is because I've seen people get so indulged in the whole concept and I start to fear that it really does affect their REAL life, in bad ways. It's ok to interact with places like Second Life for a few hours a day, in my opinion. But when it starts becoming a huge part of your life... then I think that's where it becomes a problem.
10:48 AM
It seems to be true; anybody can be anybody they want to be online. It's kind of like someone had disucssed for their project, going on an on-line dating service and "being" somebody that you're not when online, but when you finally meet the person, you're yourself, or yet, someone different from you, AND your on-line persona.
I think the internet can be a place for people to "act" bigger and "tougher" than they can be online. But I'd imagine if you were to take these people and put them face to face with somebody else, they'd be a whole different person.
12:13 PM
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