second life

hey guys, i was just having a read of one of the older posts written by Jen called 'Creating a cyber-self' and while i was doing some research earlier on in the week, i came across a similar sort of thing. It was a news article called 'How Second Life seeps into Real Life.' It is about an online gaming program in cyberspace, where people can basically create an avatar of themself, and it can represent them in which ever way they choose. It mentions that it is a game which allows people to express themselves in ways they feel they need to, but cant literally do it in reality. I found it really fascinating so have a read of it if you have time... otherwise, goodluck everyone for the research essay =)