A Second Life

This was a comment from NVK on the Wii Post. In case you missed it, here goes...

When I first heard of "Second Life", a 3-D virtual world created by its Residents - the mind boggled. Personally, I'd always thought that it was the most ridiculous concept I ever came across - that you can surrender to a tech enabled "virtual" mode of living . But hey, millions of 'second life' residents do not seem to think so.

Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of residents from around the globe. They have happily surrendered to the wiles of a portal, completely virtualizing the entire physical component of their lives - so much so that it seems difficult to determine which is their first and which the second life. They have happily surrendered to the imaginary world wide web (www.secondlife.com) of surreality.

With the Wii experience, I now begin to understand, albeit just a little, the residents of Second Life.

With the Wii, i can well imagine families hunched over the remotes/ on the platform for hours on end. No more the great outdoors, no more the quick game of frisbee on the road, no more the trudge to the YMCA...what the Wii has done is, virtualize the last few remaining "physical" elements of my daily life (or whatever is left of it after a long day)....

.......and I am loving every bit of it. It is fantastic. If nothing else, it helps satiate all my sporting / gaming pangs in the cozy confines of my family room - all without breaking a sweat.

Check it out - http://secondlife.com/

So folks, see ya there, maybe?