“Second Life is very much about real people living virtual lives,” he said. “We find that when people go in for the first time, they tend to create a wild crazy avatar with blue hair and all that. But over time they tend to mould it to be more like them. This isn’t a game. The relationships you form in there are real relationships.”
This is only creepy if a second Life relationship is somehow considered more real than a pen pal or a chat buddy. Either way, I'm skeptical. The context of fantasy means that what would otherwise be a lie isn't really a lie anymore, it's just part of the game, right?
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