Comments on: CNN opens up in Second Life http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/cnn-opens-up-in-second-life/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:26:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rob http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/cnn-opens-up-in-second-life/#comment-564268 Rob Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:17:37 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/cnn-opens-up-in-second-life/#comment-564268 The picture at CNN's Second Life blog - linked to my name - shows a crowd gathering at CNN's in-game kiosk. Here's my take: 1. Those are all FEMA staffers trying to show how people are more interested in CNN than the 'Grand Theft Auto: Second Life' elements of Second Life (Virtual Guns, Booze, Porn). 2. Those are all the people that are left playing Second Life. When CNN starts reporting intergalactic headlines from Eve Online or Planetside, tales of somewhere near Middle Earth in World of Warcraft or filing updates from the frontlines in Battlefield 2, Halo 3 or World War II Online then they'll be relevant to the online community. Until then they're just wasting space. The picture at CNN’s Second Life blog - linked to my name - shows a crowd gathering at CNN’s in-game kiosk. Here’s my take:

1. Those are all FEMA staffers trying to show how people are more interested in CNN than the ‘Grand Theft Auto: Second Life’ elements of Second Life (Virtual Guns, Booze, Porn).

2. Those are all the people that are left playing Second Life.

When CNN starts reporting intergalactic headlines from Eve Online or Planetside, tales of somewhere near Middle Earth in World of Warcraft or filing updates from the frontlines in Battlefield 2, Halo 3 or World War II Online then they’ll be relevant to the online community. Until then they’re just wasting space.

]]> By: Gorman http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/cnn-opens-up-in-second-life/#comment-564054 Gorman Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:49:49 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/cnn-opens-up-in-second-life/#comment-564054 At least 6 months, if not a year. Yes, my WoW comment in a prior post on this subject was 95% joking, but there's got to be something else they can do that makes them appear ahead of the curve, instead of woefully behind it. At least 6 months, if not a year. Yes, my WoW comment in a prior post on this subject was 95% joking, but there’s got to be something else they can do that makes them appear ahead of the curve, instead of woefully behind it.

]]> By: Mark Mascolino http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/cnn-opens-up-in-second-life/#comment-563966 Mark Mascolino Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/11/13/cnn-opens-up-in-second-life/#comment-563966 Isn't this about 6 months too late? Hasn't Second Life's meteoric popularity already waned? Isn’t this about 6 months too late? Hasn’t Second Life’s meteoric popularity already waned?

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