"Second life"

Playing games online, chatting with your friends, sharing ideas and thoughts has its good sites not only bad when used properly. This web-site http://www.wired.com/, tries to show us that having cyberfriends and spending hours in front of a computer can be actually beneficial. This website has an article about a very popular massive multi player online game, called Second Life. In this game players create an avatar that represents them, and they play and interact with other players in a virtual world. This game is very social in nature, and this can be helpful to many people. This online game is especially beneficial to people who are disabled, or have psychological trauma. People who are disabled are able to interact with other players around the world, without being judged, no one can tell who they are, and if they have any disabilities or not. There have even been virtual islands created for people with disabilities, allowing their avatar characters to "live" in one area of the virtual world. Another group of people that benefits greatly from this game are children who had abusive parents. This game allows them to regain their confidence and social skills. Meeting people online eliminates the stress usually involved in meeting new people. Second Life allows these kids to build their confidence, meet new people, and have fun all at the same time. Second Life is often utilized in colleges, to give students an example of working in real life. Professors can find out how successful a marketing student might be by putting him to the test in the virtual world. Second Life and other online games of this kind have many benefits for their users.