Like my reference to the epic fantas tale The Lord of The Rings? I felt that it was rather appropriate because todays topic is dealing with fantasy MMORPGs. In specific i will be talking about the social MMO that is changing the world, Second Life . I know , i know whenever soemone mentions Second Life its easy to hear a thousand moans and the cries of sad children everywhere but why? Second Life is different. When one typically thinks about MMORPG’s they often think about stuff like the before mentioned Lord of The Ring series. They typically detail events dealing with orcs swords and magic, but Second Life takes an entirely different approach.
The goal of Second Life is to create a Virtual world much like our own. In Second Life one is able to do nearly everything that they can do in the real world. In Second Life you can buy property, you can chat with friends, you can fly, you can swim, you can even have children. Thats right! in the world of Second Life it is possible to engage in reproductive activties with other players. Although that may be a very interesting topic we should probably spend some time talking about the use of Second Life as it pertains to this class. Earlier this morningi signed up for Second Life selected a green dragon-like character and entered the world. Connection to the game was very quick as the only files necessary to play the game totaled only 624kb, a very small amount. After entering the game i walked around for a little bit, and tried to converse with others but many of them simply ignored me. I played with the controls for a bit and found it quite easy to move and operate the games camera. The tutorial island did a very good job of explaining the game. Later today i plan to venture back into Second Life with my classmates.