Second Life

Second Life to me is a very interesting concept in the sense that it is like a mix between virtual reality type chat room and a game like a massive multi player online rpg. You can do many things in Second Life that you can in many mmorpg games and other single player exploration games like the elder scroll series. For example you explore various lands and cities, you create and/or build things and change the land scape. You go to night clubs to dance or do a variety of such social activities with the other Second Life users. But at the same time you don't die in the game if you fall of a ledge or have health points or specific mission goals to accomplish. It is more about the social interaction between you, the world, and other users.

What I found most fun to me was the way you can customize and edit your character. The way he looks which include his physical attributes among things such as what he is wearing are all editable. What I found interesting when I made my character obese was the way he walked. It looked real awkward and different form other characters. I suspect his physical attributes play a role in movement which is really interesting.

People from all over the world seem to use Second Life and it is great for just relaxing and exploring a different world almost. It is also a breeze to set up an account and it is a client that isn't a large download unlike some other mmorpg type games.