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Fullerton, Ticky, dir. "Interview with Philip Rosedale." Online posting. 19 Mar. 2007. 28 Jan. 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20070319/default_full.htm

In the Interview Philip Rosedale talks about how unique his Second Life program is and how users engage in this online world. Rosedale talks about how users can create a character on the online world in any form or shape as they see fit. The character in the online world can actually buy land and work. You can earn money and spend this money only in the game. You can purchase furniture, clothes, houses and other different types of needs. Rosedale also talks about how the user can actually create items and use them in the game. The Second Life program is a fake world in which people can actually create and control another world from their own creative point of view.


Fullerton, Ticky, dir. "Interview with Clay Shirky." Online posting. 19 Mar. 2007. 28 Jan. 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20070319/default_full.htm

Clay Shirky talks about Second Life and how this social 3d world is made for interactions. Roughly around 1 million users actively use the Second Life account. Shirky talks about how Second Life is growing so quickly. This program may become a normal way for people to deal with each other. He believes that people have problems dealing with each other face to face. Soon everyone will deal with each through programs.

Blog #1

Another Perfect World: Youtube. Submarine. Sep. 12, 2009

Today we saw an thirty minute documentary on avatars. The video explained how so many people use these online worlds and how it affects them in real world. Some People create movements for video games and became millionaires just for selling the movement on an avatar world. Others have benefited by finding an actual life partner in life by meeting them through these virtual worlds. Kids in China make a living off of playing these games full time, by simply practicing all day and competing in tournaments to win money. These virtual worlds have took a complete new direction and now you can practically live your life through these worlds. Through these worlds you can create yourself and explore the world by walking around or even fly to your destinations. I am very curious and cannot wait to create an avatar.