Overview of Second Life
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| - | Before considering what Second Life is, it may be useful to consider. | + | [http://www.secondlife.com Second Life] is often classed as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG MMORPG] - Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. However, as we will see, this description falls very wide of the mark. |
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| - | It isn't a shoot-em-up game - it's not like [http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml 'Word of Warcraft']- there are no levels or points to attain; no goals to achieve; no endpoint to reach. | + | Before considering what Second Life is, it may be useful to consider.what Second Life isn't:<br> |
| - | It isn't a "God mode" game - it's not like The Sims, where you set up all aspects of the environment and watch events unfold | + | *It isn't a shoot-em-up game - it's not like [http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/index.xml 'Word of Warcraft']- there are no levels or points to attain; no goals to achieve; no endpoint to reach. |
| - | + | *It isn't a "God mode" game - it's not like The Sims, where you set up all aspects of the environment and watch events unfold | |
| + | *In fact, it's not a game at all. | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 13 January 2007
Second Life is often classed as a MMORPG - Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. However, as we will see, this description falls very wide of the mark.
Before considering what Second Life is, it may be useful to consider.what Second Life isn't:
- It isn't a shoot-em-up game - it's not like 'Word of Warcraft'- there are no levels or points to attain; no goals to achieve; no endpoint to reach.
- It isn't a "God mode" game - it's not like The Sims, where you set up all aspects of the environment and watch events unfold
- In fact, it's not a game at all.
