Second Life News & Events & Guides

We don't play games for real fame or money, we don't even play to live a second life. We do however use games to accomplish things that are impractical in life. Not feats such as slaying monsters, but mental accomplishments such as being successful, competing and winning, and being able to evolve and grow, increase in strength and knowledge, and meet new people easily. We love the grind and respect it so long as we don't see evidence of it everywhere.

These games provide an ability for us to blend in with the mainstream, to be respected and revered by other gamers for our dedication and our skill, for the tag we wear and the name above our character's, and we love being able to overcome skill barriers through immense amounts of time. These games provide us with chances we would not otherwise have Second life linden, without making us feel like we are escaping real life, because that is not what we want. We simply want to have fun without feeling like outcasts, and we want to cooperate and compete in a way that is fair to everyone. Skill can overcome time and time can overcome skill.

For any of us reading this article, Second Life have surely played a generally large amount of Massively Multiplayer Online games; the good, the bad, and the clones. We read the news articles and hear from both friends and websites, learning of the newest games to hit the market. The industry is one that is growing, both economically and socially. Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting fellow gamers who could appreciate my background in the industry, people who were actually envious of my experience in the industry, my nerd-style love for these games. Secondlife linden seems that the nerd persona that has floated around gamers for years is slowly drifting away. In fact, I met some people who completely destroyed my stereotypical concepts of what, or rather who, a gamer is. Now, some of the honor in destroying these beliefs can be contributed to games such as Skate, Call of Duty, and other big-hit games that guys were not ashamed to brag about loving. However, as a whole, nothing has shattered the perceptions that gamers have faced for years more than the explosion of the Massively Multiplayer Online genre.