[Publib] Second Life 101 course

[K.G. Schneider]

On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 13:48:40 -0600, "Melissa Jeffrey"
<Melissa.Jeffrey at arlingtontx.gov> said:
> I am going to have to say that we have to figure out who we are trying
> to contact when we are going to online games. I personally would never
> use Second Life and I have played many MMORPGs, and other online games.
> My credentials in this area: World of Warcraft, Everquest, Everquest II,
> EVE, City of Heroes, DnD Online, Anarchy Online, Final Fantasy XI, Star
> Wars Galaxies, and many other Yahoo and Microsoft games (my husband
> likes us sharing common hobbies :) ). Many would say SL is unique in
> that it is more a social networking site in virtual reality (like in
> Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash), so is separated from other online worlds,
> but I would say that the whole point of online games is the networking.

I went to a great keynote at Internet Librarian 2007 where Liz Lawley
explained the differences between SL and World of Warcraft (she is an
avid WoWer). Essentially WoW is far more task-focused and goal-oriented.
I tinkered with both and tend to agree. 

As for the relevance to PL services -- talk amongst yourselves, I'm
verklempt :)

Karen G. Schneider