It's everywhere!
Once again I blindly signed up for something because the folks at TWiT did. Thus CC Columbo was born into Second Life (SL), a virtual world where people can socialize, attend live events, and generally carry on in ways that might not be easy in their first lives. So it shouldn't have been as much of a surprise as it was, but one of the first things I found was gambling. Casinos seem to be everywhere in Second Life.
I'm still not sure what I'll be doing in SL, but for now I'm having some fun exploring. And flying. Yes, everyone can fly. That's a hoot as my biggest fantasy in my first life is to be able to fly. There are times I'd swear that I can, but alas, I have to leave that for Second Life. As I write this, though, my avatar is "camping" in a chair somewhere earning three dollars of the local currency
every 10 minutes just for sitting there. Right now I'm up to 15 bucks. Someone nearby has earned 39 bucks. I'm guessing that population density shown on the "world" maps attracts visitors and that local vendors of virtual merchandise use people as "living" billboards.
I'm sure to many of you that sounds cryptic, but think about it for a few moments and it will probably make sense. In any case, I don't see myself doing this for too long. In the long run it will probably have all the value of other pointless Internet activities. Hopefully I'm wrong. I joined a Christian group and we'll see what that leads to, if anything. In any case, it's amusing for now.
