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Sony, Microsoft Begin Battle of Virtual Worlds

Posted by timothy on from the who's-your-hiro dept.

Slatterz writes "Sony and Microsoft are poised to do battle in virtual worlds. The console kids both announced Second Life-style virtual environments at the Tokyo Game Show today. Both games show striking similarities to Linden Lab's creation. Players are represented by avatars which live a virtual life — engaging in relationships, going about day-to-day business."

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  1. Re:"Oh yay" by Negatyfus · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought this was pretty cool, that is, until I read your post. Seeing the error of my ways, I will now live a life free of virtual worlds and offer my sincere apologies for having a different opinion. Please accept twenty self-inflicted lashes of the whip to my back to atone for my sin.

  2. Hurrah. by cordsie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bet nobody will buy Vista in their virtual world either.

  3. Re:"Oh yay" by TDyl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Posted by someone with "Fox" in his/her name???

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  4. Re:"Oh yay" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    There may be less of 'em, but, my god, what has been seen cannot be unseen.

  5. Second Life! by Chrisq · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have enough trouble keeping up with the first one.

  6. Re:"Oh yay" by TDyl · · Score: 5, Funny

    Verily I concede (while stroking your back and tickling under your chin).

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    Todd: I hope it proves as delicious as the farmers that grew them
  7. Re:"Oh yay" by Mr2cents · · Score: 3, Funny

    be as lazy as you like :)

    Isn't that a very elaborate way to be lazy?

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  8. Re:oh good grief. by Erik+from+Breda · · Score: 3, Funny

    Its like reality TV, why would my daily business be sitting in an armchair watching other people go about their daily business?

    Now I get it: it is a manager's tool!

  9. Re:you mean, you actually recognized what it was? by ozphx · · Score: 4, Funny

    It was well labelled. It even came with a note. Apparantly with some effort for keybinding I would be able to make it urinate *and* ejaculate. Also it was "compatible" with someones sex animation system, or whatever the hell.

    I did put it on, scale it to around 12 foot long, and go walk around IBM SOA island for a while, while their foreign outsourced builders told me to "Please wear off that penis".

    So I guess the moral of the story is that there is an objective to SL, trolling. I think I won, because I got booted by IBM :P

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