Play Second Life Online: Recreate Yourself in Virtual 3-D World

Is your life everything you want it to be? So out of control you can't stand it anymore? Is it just not enough for you? Or do you feel something is missing from your everyday life? Perhaps you would like to re-create yourself in a second life in a virtual world where no one actually sees the "real" you...You can actually do this. Just visit www.secondlife.com . This is also a great game to check out if you are a fan of the famous Sim games.

Second Life is a private-owned, part subscription-based 3-D virtual world where you create life and the parts of it the way you want it to be. Tailor your hairstyle, hair color, eyes, ears, lips and virtually any part of your humanoid avatar's body to what you choose them to be. Residents can also create or buy clothing in the Second Life. Or become an animal, robot, furry, etc...

Second Life includes a built-in object editor tool. This allows residents to create complex objects out of a set of basic building blocks known as primitives. Apply textures to your objects, control the behaviors of your objects and more. All objects and 3-D information are streamed in real-time to all clients, so one can view what they are creating as they are creating it. There is no additional charge for creating objects in Second Life, however there is a virtual cost for each uploaded image, sound or animation.

Second Life is available for all PCs including Windows XP, Windows2000, Macs with at least 512 mb RAM and with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher. Graphics require an nVidea GeForce2 or better graphics card (windows) or an ATI Radeon 8500 (9000 for Macs) graphics card. Second Life requires a 25 mb download for windows or 50 mb download for Mac OS X. A broadband internet connection is required.

There a few different membership options:

*First Basic - free
*Additional basic - one time fee of 9.95 per additional account.
*Premium - 3 options available:
-monthly - 9.95
-quarterly - 22.50
-yearly - 72.00

Second Life is composed of diverse user-driven subcultures and countercultures. Many of the subcultures involve events including but not limited to arts, culture, charity, support groups, commerce, discussion, education, games, contests, nightlife, entertainment and sports.

Second Life blogs are also appearing where residents detail their second lives, sometimes more extensively than their first.

Second Life has its own economy and currency referred to as Linden Dollars (L$). Residents receive an amount of L$ when they open an account, additional funds are accumulated by selling objects or services within the virtual environment.

Many Second Life users prefer to keep their first life and second life separate. This makes it challenging to discover the identity and number of users who live notable first lives.

So, if you are looking from escape from your current reality, create a new one on www.secondlife.com .