<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f9e42e24-6ab4-4d4f-831d-b6b4b1ec0cfd/77970CA9-A600-4DAD-94A1-77022563BC8A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html" href="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.twistimage.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html"><H1 id="a009958"><A rel="bookmark" class="entry-title" href="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/">Second Life - Here's Who Is To Blame...</A></H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html">Have you been watching the <A href="http://www.secondlife.com">Second Life</A> and Virtual World backlash lately? I find it all a little funny. You have <A href="http://www.disney.com">Disney</A> scooping up <A href="http://www.clubpenguin.com">Club Penguin</A> for <A href="http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/08/disney-acquires.html">lots of millions</A>, newly-formed agencies cutting <A href="http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/11/mtv-ford-models.html">major Brand gigs</A> and <A href="http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2007/10/11/omnicom-buys-stake-in-millions-of-us/">deals with some of the largest advertising networks</A>, and the number of participants who are aware of Virtual Worlds (or even have their own Avatars) seems to be climbing too.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html">Maybe it's not as hot as it was a couple of months ago. Maybe the PR play has dulled because all of the "firsts" in Virtual Worlds have been gobbled up by the mainstream media. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html">I think there is a clear blame on why virtual worlds and, more specifically, Second Life is failing to meet expectations.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html"><P>Technology is to blame for the lack of Second Life lustre.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html">So if the Internet connection, the hardware and the overall usability remain this complex, it can never be adopted by the masses.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html">take a look at <A href="http://www.webkinz.com">Webkinz</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html">a huge part of its success</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.twistimage.com/blog/archives/second-life-heres-who-to-blame/index.html">it works on nearly every computer</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/77970CA9-A600-4DAD-94A1-77022563BC8A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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