As I continue my research, I continue to ask myself the question what type of people would be attracted to Second Life. I understand the prospect of creating a virtual world that mimics our ideal lifestyle. I even understand the attraction of a free virtual world where you can frolic freely with friends playing and doing whatever you want. Second life does not give its users a very sturdy interface in which to do this. The game has very complicated controls with very sluggish movement. Graphically the game is very outdated when compared to modern games and virtual worlds. Textures and models take forever to load I often find myself waiting a good 3-5 minutes before everything is loaded. A good amount of the users that I have run into do not live within the same country which makes me wonder if this game is much more appealing to users from different countries. As I continue my research, I have grown to wonder how effective this world is for delivering an effective means of communication and entertainment for its users. Maybe the world is just not appealing to my type of demographic; I will continue to develop my findings.
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