[iluvmypowerbook]

Anyone have experience with this game?

http://secondlife.com/about/features.php

I love these types of games. After the Sims (which I no longer have) my quest to find a similar game has been fruitless

I'd be greatful for any comments ya'll may have about Second Life.

[[APi]TheMan]

I heard it was awesome. People really love the scripting engine and they've created some really cool stuff. The developers offered me a free copy back in January at Macworld San Francisco but back then I did not have a Mac that was capable of running it.

[Chimpmaster]

Well, I realise I may not meet the minimum requirements but on my :

G4 Imac, 700mhz
32MB Gforce 2 mx
384MB ram
OSX 10.3.5
1.5mb ADSL connection

the game ran terribly.

Unplayable really. I think the concept is excellent, but youd better have a high end powermac with a decent graphics card to run it properly. Its a shame because I was quite excited about trying it.

[lenox]

It runs really slowly on my mac. It runs fine on my pc...hmm. The tools for creating objects in the game are in-game, which makes it really fun to make stuff. You can make something as simple as food, or a sign, to a store, or a bicycle, to a car or a house or a monument, etc. It's really crazy! The downside to this is that everything has to be streamed to you as you play and can cause some strange occurences. Aside from that it's quite fun.

[zerostar]

Anyone still play this? I am running the newest version and it seems a lit better than before, still awfully slow compared to the PC version :-( But def. playable on my Dual 2.5 with Radeon 9800 xt

[Peter]

Originally Posted by Chimpmaster 

Well, I realise I may not meet the minimum requirements but on my :

G4 Imac, 700mhz
32MB Gforce 2 mx
384MB ram
OSX 10.3.5
1.5mb ADSL connection

the game ran terribly.

Unplayable really. I think the concept is excellent, but youd better have a high end powermac with a decent graphics card to run it properly. Its a shame because I was quite excited about trying it.

you're playing the game on a computer that doesnt meet the min. requirements and you're complaining that its unplayable?

[Zeeb]

Is it true that "linden" dollars are now exchangeable for the real U.S. dollar -- and that the IRS is looking into taxing transactions that take place there? This story seem suspicious, but I've never played this game.

A First Look at Second Life : Dory Devlin : Yahoo! Tech

[zerostar]

After several weeks of play, this game is not much more than a fancier GUI to old fashioned cybersex. I think that is the main use of this game with the demographic that cater to. I have visited many many areas and while the concept is pretty cool and for FREE you can get into it and do a ton, there is a very adult theme going on and its a bit much at times.

[Tuoder]

This is an old idea. I played with something alot like Second Life like 8 years ago over a dial-up connection. It is still a cool idea. I guess the bandwidth and processing power just wasn't there before. Now this stuff is getting popular.