On 7 Oct 2008 at 10:11, beth benoit wrote:

> Does anyone use, or have any experience with a program called Second
> Life? It´s a virtual environment with some academic uses. 

Good question. So I'll answer it with another question.

I'm not a gamer (at all) but I admit to being tempted by Spore. It's a 
simulation of evolution, good but not entirely success in its recreation 
from what I've read. It also seems to have been trashed by the gaming 
community but from what I gather, it's because they find its anti-copying 
features too bothersome (or perhaps too difficult to defeat).

Does anyone have any experience with it?

The NY Times has an article on it here:
http://tinyurl.com/46pces

And the official Spore site has an amusing video flogging it here:
http://www.spore.com/

Stephen
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