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I discovered Small Worlds today, nothing new or groundbreaking about this project. But having signed up and created an avatar with a signature dance and a pet, I have to say I actually got a bit hooked. It is like a cross between Second Life and the Sims. It is all built in Flash and got a nice contemporary game look to it. You can chat up people, visit their space, go shopping, pimp up your home, make money, complete tasks etc.. enough activities to waste a good portion of your day.
The game play is quite basic and the lack of a music score or any other sound is quite evident. But there are some clever aspects to this virtual world. You can set up a plasma screen in your space and watch youtube videos, and your friends can visit your space and view the same videos on your screen. This link between the 'real' world and the virtual world opens up a new dimension. So stay tuned, this is yet another baby step, but soon there will be a break through and these social virtual worlds will be fully linked up with our real world.
According to Small Worlds will this be your virtual playground....
'The shifting dynamic between the forces of print and online reminds me of Sarah Connor and the T-101 in the The Terminator. At first, the visitor from the future (digital) seemed intent on killing Sarah (print). But as the relationship progressed, the Terminator became Sarah and her son's one hope for salvation. Today, you can almost hear digital media (which for some reason has a thick Austrian accent) saying to print: " Come with me if you want to live!"
This amusing quote is lifted from the June 2 edition of Businessweek, discussing the future beyond blogs and is written by Arianna Huffington @ Huffington Post (which is a really good blog if you have not explored it yet).
The article is a good read and references their first feature story on blogs from 2005, and discusses what has happened since then.
