Second Life?

So Gabe Greggan is now a newly birthed citizen in the virtual world of Second Life. To be honest, I don't think I had ever heard of Second Life until we discussed it in my Informational Studies class. Shit, even for a while, since I had missed a few classes, I almost thought they were talking about a literal second life considering the hype they were building around it.

But I digress... Second Life is a cool concept and it is quite amazing the things that one can accomplish there, but not really my type of game. Although I did play World of Warcraft (WoW) for about a year and half since its last beta, I never was one to fall into games like SIMS. It was just too realistic and not enough fantasy, but then again, that's just what I like. Fantasy games where you can look like an animal or go and ring someone's neck without consequence is more my cup of tea. Not to mention the engine that runs the game. I'd like to think that my computer is fairly up to date and can run most games out there whether they be online or not, but second life has got too much goin' on for it to run smoothly. I know, I know... you're sittin there with raised brow sayin', "Whatta y'expect? It's FREE!" I realize that and the great, just not for me. I am patient guy when it comes to real life situations, but when it comes to bandwidth my road rage gets the better of me. So suck it, I'm out.