Reuters and C|Net in Second Life 30
An anonymous reader writes "Reuters is opening a news bureau in the simulation game Second Life, and C|Net is following suit. Both companies are joining a race by corporate name brands to take part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet. Starting on Wednesday, Reuters plans to begin publishing text, photo and video news from the outside world for Second Life members and news of Second Life for real world readers who visit a Reuters news site at: http://secondlife.reuters.com/"
Secondlife is the new hype machine (Score:5, Insightful)
Hottest virtual world on the Internet? (Score:2, Insightful)
WoW is certainly a hot item, but it doesn't need a news outlet to let the outside world know what's going on.
Obligatory: So did you see the South Park episode?
Re:Hottest virtual world on the Internet? (Score:4, Insightful)
The downside is that you have a lot of less-talented people creating the world, so much of what you see is crap. But there's still plenty of good stuff, and just because someone isn't that great at creating doesn't mean they shouldn't be given the opportunity to try, or to share what they've made.
News of the outside world (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:News of the outside world (Score:3, Insightful)
But then you could just play the game in a window and tab over to a web browser to read C|Net a whole heck of a lot faster.
Re:Hottest virtual world on the Internet? (Score:3, Insightful)
Seriously, can we get a poll? (Score:5, Insightful)
Not trying to have a troll, saying it sucks, or trying to issue some lame diktat that there "shouldn't" be Second Life stories here. I just genuinely wonder if the frequency of SL stories actually tallies with the level of interest/participation in SL amongst
Re:Secondlife is the new hype machine (Score:3, Insightful)