Second Life Hits 100,000 Users

Gamasutra reports that the virtual world Second Life is boasting 100,000 users. They've had a large influx of users since they opened the games for free to non-property owners. From the article: "Statistics released by the creators say that the game's inhabitants hail from 95 countries in all 7 continents (apparently including Antarctica). Users spend an average of 4 hours per day playing the game, which has no specific completable goal, but places importance on in-game item and building creation by Second Life citizens."

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Only four hours

[generic-man]

The reason why players only spend 4 hours per day on Second Life? Simple -- they spend the other 20 hours discussing the hypoanthemics of paradimensional economies in the blogosphere.