Topic One

Lecture 1
The important thing about this Lecture was watching a tape of a show called “Four Corners.” The fifty minute programme was about Second life, a large Virtual world. In Second life, you can create an avatar, communicate with other people, buy real estate and create all sorts of objects, which you can then sell and make a profit in Linden dollars. Then, if you really wanted to, you can transfer the Linden dollars to American dollars.
Of course, having all this freedom in Virtual worlds brings up several points. The sexual and moral issues, market values and real estate, Tax and even the laws that govern the real world and whether they come into practise in the virtual world.

Tutor 1
In the tutorial, we met our Tutor and then he showed us the basics of “Learning at Griffith.” After that, we discussed more about Second Life. I made a comment that it was ridiculous that so many people spent so much time on it. Some people spend over ten hours a day on it! I said that it was like people were giving up on the real world and living in a pretend one that men made.
Then we briefly compared World of Warcraft (WOW) to Second Life. There were several key differences. Firstly, WOW is more of a game while Second Life is something else entirely. While WOW focuses on adventures, fighting and killing others to gain a virtual profit, Second Life reflects the world more realistically.