Wow, this was a cool article. I'm growing rapidly more and more interested in Second Life, and I might just have to check it out pretty soon. Although I'd hate to end up spending my IRL (in real life, cool acronym!) money on some sweet Adidas or something for my virtual self!
The one really main point was interesting for sure. That gender plays a significant role in the way your Second Life player is perceived and interacted with online should come as no surprise at all. I mean, it makes a huge difference in real life, too, right? Chivalry still exists, at least for gentlemen like me :-) and I know I interact much differently with women than men not only IRL but in online gaming worlds as well. I've mentioned the blow 'em up style racing game I play plenty in my past blogs, so I'll beat that drum again. When I play versus men (or unknown) characters I'm my usual villainous self, whereas when I know I'm up against a girl I'm much nicer and way less vengeful for instance, so the findings of this article are of no surprise to me. Ciao for now, Sharxjay.
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