second-life

[tectonic_drift]

I read about the online role-playing game secondlife.com in Business Week and was utterly fascinated by the concept. The thing that intrigued me was the entrepreneurial capacity of the game. Your character can open up a shop in the game and sell clothes, operate an amusement park, etc. The revenue you generate from your sales is yours and anything

Comments

[mcfnord]

i'm having enough of a time handling my first life. where i think there is also great possibility.

[tectonic_drift]

I agree it is a bit of a waste of time. I also think it could be rather addictive and raises the question of what laws dictate behavior in this virtual world. Nonetheless, I am fascinated by the idea of commerce in this virtual reality.