Videogames: Why People Live Second Lives Online- Heffee

Become a Heffer

Heffee uses a formula that takes into account the input from websites, moderators and expecially the users to decide which news across the internet is the most important. Users can create their own customized feeds, save pages and articles from across the web, and subscribe to their favorite news outlets.

Sections

Incoming Sites

CanMag

595,406

366

182

Videogames: Why People Live Second Lives Online

Abstract

We've all heard the warnings: addiction, isolation, a waste of time. But some 50 million people log on to online role-playing games like The Sims and Second Life—and many of them never log off. The makers of a new documentary called "Second Skin," which hits theaters in September, followed seven hard-core gamers to find out why. Victor Piñeiro, the film's producer, spoke with NEWSWEEK's Jessica Bennett:

Article Details

Article Awards:

*Awards based on a combination of variables from both users and Heffee moderators. (251.60)

Site: Newsweek
Feed: Tech News (

)
Url: http://feeds.newsweek.com/~r/n...
Views: 1
Added On: 2008-07-21 02:02:11

Incoming

None

Saved By

Apparently Nobody


			Login Remember Me?