Just when you thought you’ve seen it all… the television companies are starting to invade Second Life. In the lastest poohah of press attention, BigBrother (thé reality tv show) opened up a house in the game. The last visitor that’s left in the house wins a tropical island. But, and here’s the but… the participants need to spend at least 8 hours a day in the big brother house… so you got to be unemployed or shifting day and night between the 1st and the 31st of December. In case you were wondering: yes, that means you’ll spend Christmas online. Nice change instead of being with your real life relatives. I’m sure they’ll understand that you would like your virtual character to live on a virtual island. Figures. So, Jerry Springer? David Letterman? C’mon guys, the virtual audience is waiting…
Check out the “BigBrother in Second Life” site
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