1) Second Live vs. World of Warcraft

after have played Second Life and WOW, the major differences I found where 3.

The First difference is flexibility. In my opinion Second life is more flexible, in the sense that you can create your own character, your own environment, or land. In contrast, in WOW you select from list of races, and you can in a more limited way, personalized your character, but you are not completly free of creating a totally new character. Also you have to play in a world it is already developed, and you dont have the ability of creating your own or modifying the one that already exists.


The Second difference is the final goal of each software. In Second life, the goal is socialization. It is like a chat, where you can meet people around the world, in contrast with WOW you are not competing, to get the gold, or you are not trying to get to the end of the game. In contrast WOW is a game, you are competing and you want to kill the most and complete every level to get the gold or complete the game.

The third difference is the similitud with reality. Second Life is really a second life, the activities are activities common to everybody, it is easy to understand and it is more likable, because we all know how to live and almost the same rules of life are the rules of second life. In contrast in WOW you are doing something you would probably never do in real life, kill for example...


At the end, I liked SL better, and I believe more people will feel more confortable with it.