These past months I have been playing games in a virtual world called Second Life. It’s not exactly a game because there is no goal. It’s mostly a platform where users can create anything they want with the tools provided. I signed up at the beginning of this year and have been satisfied with it. I am on their free account which allows you to log in as much as you want, use anything in the game except for owning land. If you want land then you must pay for their premium account which is $9.95 per month.

It’s hard to explain how much you can do inside the game unless you try it. Here’s an article from business week about second life. It will explain a lot to the new users. Some of the games I have played inside second life are, Slingo, Tringo, Blackjack, Slot machines, War and Quintzee. All these games have been created from regular users. There are plenty of other games that I haven’t played yet and more are being created all the time. You can also buy cars, planes, clothes, furniture and gadgets for your avatar inside the virtual world. The one thing that makes this world different than others is you can buy Lindens(game money) with real money and you can sell Lindens for real money. This brings in some business minded people. Some ways of making money in the game is creating objects that others would buy, making scripts for games or vehicles, buying lindens at a low price and selling them for a high price, buying land to place games on and making money from them when people play and escorts or stripping. Yes this is a mature platform and can be used for anything that is legal. No one under 18 can sign up and use second life unless they use the teen grid which is not connected to the mature grid at all. In  the mature grid there are PG places also so not all of it is adult.

I’ve been using second life for entertainment. There are some singers and musicians who play live in certain places. These aren’t wannabe singers. They are very professional and give a great entertainment value. I also play the games for fun too. I haven’t found a business plan for myself in the game just yet but still thinking all the time. I use the name, JohnnyRS Hoggard, in the game. Join up and have fun for free or pay for some nice privileges.

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I love Role Playing Games and free games are the best. I remember being on a boy scout camping trip and some of us played dungeons and dragons. That was the first time I ever learned about role playing games. Then I found the Internet where MUDS were the big things. These were text based only. No graphics at all. When I found a local BBS with a very good RPG I knew I was hooked. This one was called Tele-Arena and spent days leveling up my character. The best part of most of these games is the fact you can join others to play. But sometimes I like playing by myself like Diablo.

I recently found a game called runescape. Played it for days also and have a good character now. It’s a fun game with plenty of adventures. Some of these online games have added features by paying. I like that very much. I haven’t bought a Online RPG game or payed monthly for one yet. Everquest would probably be fun but paying monthly to play it will just make me addicted and less willing to stop. I rather play the free games and when I find one that I love then I can pay for added benefits when I can.

Here is a link to some free RPG games. I still haven’t tried all these games but I will try them soon. Maybe I’ll write some reviews of them later.

Check this link out for a funny clip of dungeons and dragons

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   OK, This game has to be one of my favorite games. Think the last game that I had so much fun was “Kingdom Hearts.” Half Life 2 has a great story. The graphics are amazing. The Physics of the game is astonishing. I could use almost everything in the game as a weapon or a throwing toy. I loved when I got the gravity gun. Picked up stuff and threw it at the monsters. When I got to the vehicle parts I thought this is exactly the game I always wanted to play. Haven’t finished the game yet but I am almost at the end.

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