entertainment.newsforge.com — Fans of the online virtual world Second Life can now connect from Linux machines. Linden Lab, creator of Second Life, recently launched a public test of the Linux client, sporting the same feature set and interface as the Windows and Mac OS X versions.
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ckohlerMar 10, 2006
SL is a metaverse, not a game.I've been a resident for about two years now and it's really an amazing place. Sure, the graphics aren't mind-blowing and the streaming nature of the world makes it load like a 3D website but eventually you come to realize that everything you see in the world... everything... is user-created. Then you start building your own stuff... and scripting your own stuff... adding to whole of the world. It can be quite addicting. For the less creative types, it also offers the best 3D chat available.
v3xt0rMar 10, 2006
That game is obviously for people who do not have a life at all. I guess that's why there is now a linux version! =p
diggumjonezMar 10, 2006
The game has a lot of potential in the long-run. In the short-term, there's much potential for world-class pranks. Find dance clubs boring and casinos stupid? Put together a zombie army that moans and screechs and bites necks with sprays of blood, then attack. Or make a few protest signs and picket a furry gathering "Breed Mixing??? Not on MY block!!" Make your character into an old, 30's style hobo, then bum for change from the newbies just joining. Just because everyone else is doing boring stuff doesn't mean you have to.And there are some AMAZING architectural and design creations to be found. There's a haunted house that's loads of fun, especially if you jump off the car and walk around. The Apollo gardens are incredible, no matter what kind of gaming you're into. The assh**es next door to me built a gorgeous structure that no one visits. I wonder if it's cuz of my junky ass shack and the truck up on blocks in the front yard...
Closed AccountMar 10, 2006
It amazes me how everyone disses the metaverse idea, yet most spend hours on Myspace every day. It's to the point where most people communicate solely through Myspace and never in person. Now explain to me whats so different about the inhabitants of SecondLife and those of Myspace?SecondLife is ahead of its time, but inevitably -- technology permitting -- it or its successor will be home to millions. Most people are perfectly happy living in a fantasy world. Why do you think there are so many religious people on Earth?
Closed AccountMar 10, 2006
amusing post which illuminates the creative potential that metaverses provide. The sad thing is that most people are not creative enough to make good use of the universe.
atomxMar 25, 2006
Umm... played it for a day or two.Simply put, the most boring thing on the planet. There's nothing to do, no challenge... except, I suppose, to make money. Newsflash -- I have a job for that. I don't need a Second Job.The other thing it seems to be is a giant pickup slash IM slash netsex portal. That's fine and all, but I've graduated to REAL sex long ago. Netsex is just for the 15 year olds who haven't yet figured out how to sneak out at night. Pr0n is just for the 'dry spells,' not for my Second Life. I've found that, frankly, the people who are most enamored of things like this (and, to be honest, MySpace and all the rest) are the folks who haven't managed to master real life human interactions. They seem to think that having 9000 virtual friends is somehow better or even equivalent to having one good real one. It's not.Add to that the limitations: incredibly blocky and slow, even on my top-end machine with a fast cable internet connection. Weird glitches...But you know, I'd put up with the bugs and maybe even clunky connection issues if the game were any fun. At all. Whatsoever. In any way.But it's not. It's just selling things and netsex...yawn..