A Virtual World...

Where would I live? ... honestly I don't know. I hadn't really thought about it, until my professor mentioned it in class, and told us to do a blog assignment on the topic. I'm clueless. I typed in virtual world into the google search engine, and the first link that pulled up was there.com,. On its into. page, it looked pretty basic, almost boring, perhaps it was the fact that it mentioned it was free, made it sound more cliche to the usual advertisements to join an online community, or just how boring the picture displayed looked..it just wasn't appealing to me.

I went back to the search engine, and an interesting article caught my attention. The summary of the article, is that a woman accussed her husband of having an affair with another woman in the virtual world. I was both humored and bewildered...Would I want to be a part of a free virtual world...? I don't have a solid justification as to why that's not appealing, the little I can explain about it, would be the fact that I just don't see the point to it.

Prior to my professor bringing it up in class, I'd heard of virtual world scenarios on Law and Order.. yes, the Television series.. well, on a tangent, they were trying to solve the murder of a female that was tied into some sort of virtual community. She had taken on the persona of a female rockstar, and was very popular in the virtual world.. she had concerts, parties, and the likes of real life celebrity acitivities.. including the fan club... well once she didn't show up for a virtual concert and her obssesed fan was very upset.. particularly on her promising they would go back to some hotel, (virtual) after the concert.Flirty-turdy, and before she knew it,

He killed in real life.. (on the series- Law & Order)

It baffles me, and I have to agree with my professor, that the relationships online are very much real. People develop an emotional attachment and act sometimes beyond the virtual walls..into reality.. I mean if I think about it,.. Virtual worlds are very much a reality. The people participating in them are real, using their real time to participate in what was created by real people...

>> I really don't think I would be a part of any virtual world. The complexity of real life is so much so, that I personally don't have room to doodle with the what-if simplicity of the virtual world.....