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• 08.30.09
  Shopping in Second Life: How Realistic Can You Be? Second Life | (10)

  The new Second Life Web site adding new, well, realism I guess is the word for it, to our understanding of the virtual world. As I've posted about before, it's mostly about...people. Notwithstanding counter-culture or whatever you want to call it. Most of the representations are human and geared to a broader market. Which is fine. But putting that aside, I give you two competing machinima of shopping in Second Life....the 'official version' and, well, another one (after the jump so I don't autoplay on you). You tell me - which is more 'realistic'? Continue Reading...

  Tagged: Second Life, shopping, video
  

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