DAVID D. EWALT — Here's the ultimate problem with Second Life: unless you're some kind of sexual deviant who gets off by pretending to be a diaper-wearing man-fox, it's boring as hell. If I want to chat with people, I can do it in IM without having to deal with lag, annoying ambient music, and all manner of freaks of nature. If I want to see cool imaginary worlds, I'll watch a movie. And if I want to really nerd out and pretend I'm some sort of fantastic creature, I'll stick with my Night Elf rogue, thank you. David Ewalt, in Forbes.com, after Sears unveiled the department store's showroom in the Linden Lab's over-hyped virtual world.

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