Sunday, March 28, 2010

Second Life

The first time I was on second life, I was on there for over 2 hours trying to make up my avatar her just the way I wanted to. However, I didn't really go on it too much besides for on class activities. When I was on it, I really did like it! My favorite thing was flying and teleporting. I thought all the different abilities were really interactive and I could really see how wonderful it is for disabled people. Flying, talking, dancing, sitting, walking etc. All of these components can enhance peoples imaginations, and even I was impressed with the things I could do on it. I think secondlife is smart in setting up a maturity rating so children exploring on here can't get into places that are inappropriate. One thing I didn't like on here was how someone else could teleport me if they didn't want me around anymore. It was good in the sense that it was used for class to get everyone together, but I feel like that could lower self esteem and cause other problems if you teleport someone away from where they're at. I like this a lot more than the sims because you can do so much more and go so many more places, but the only downfall if having to pay for Linden Dollars. It doesn't allow people like me who are just here to look around and have fun with it, really experience it to its fullest potential because I have to buy lindin dollars to do things. I would recommend this to people who have spare time and want to see different areas, get to know different people, and do different things.