Second Skin is a movie about people who play MMORPG’s, or Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (whew.)
They suffer addictions, fall in love, make money, and form communities complete with leaders and laws. Many spend more time in their alternate identities than they do in real life.
Did you know that there are people who were making a living by farming in the virtual world in 2005. Huh?
People spending 24 hours online playing a game is not unheard of. You can still see hundreds of characters and World of Warcraft Gold for sale on ebay for $9.99.
Heres 10 Ways that online gaming will change the world. This is a great article on the subject, and how quickly this phenomenon has grown, and will continue to grow.
If you know anyone that plays one of these games – talk to them about it. Ask them how much they play. Find out if they have any friends online, and how close these friends are, and how often they communicate.
Find out if your friends spend a lot of money playing games online. Most importantly, ask them why they like to play, and what they like about the game or games that they play. Soon you may be asking them to walk your avatar to the mall to go shopping at Armani.
