Gaming. I don't have an open mind about it, though I know that I should probably just get over it and embrace this new reality. When I was a kid my mom was (and still is) a bartender, and in middle school we lived over the bar in an apartment. Often after school I would stop by, and Mom would hand me some quarters so I could play PacMan and Donkey Kong. I would also go to video arcades and play various games. They are great for eye/hand coordination, but really I didn't learn a thing from them. They were just a way to have fun and waste time. And today's games often serve the same purpose, though I know some educate about this or that. Back then "social networking" meant that I would play basketball with neighborhood friends or talk on the phone at night.
I believe we've become people who are way out of touch with nature, silence, self-reflection, substantive human contact. I'm bothered by the amount of screen time kids experience now, especially babies and toddlers.
So, I think the whole 2nd Life thing is odd. But now that I think about it, people have often found a way to escape their current reality and move into an alternate realm (some healthy, some not so) - fiction reading, writing, daydreaming, drugs...
I checked out a few of the gaming sites and probably will not go back to them. I do think it's valuable to learn about these things, since they have such a presence in today's world. I thought the 2nd life video of the library tour was intriguing with good music, but at the end I again found myself asking why?
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