Second Life in the News
2014:
2013:
2012:
9.6.2012 Scientific American
My So-Called Second Life: Are You Your Avatar?
8.17.2012 The Verge
'Second Life' is coming to Steam
8.13.2012 Nvate
Second Life: How Companies are Using the Popular Virtual World to Conduct Meetings
8.10.2012 Surfer Today
Virtual surfers keep riding digital waves
7.30.2012 AP (via NorthJersey.com)
IU-Kokomo prof teaching class with avatars
2011:
11.1.2011 BBC (UK)
The Art of Creating Virtual Worlds
10.27.2011 PCWorld
Second Life Puts Musicians on the Virtual Stage
10.27.2011 IX Video Games
What’s So Great About Second Life Anyway?
10.24.2011 Forbes
Financial Services Lags Behind Gaming in Technology
10.21.2011 WIRED
Real-Life Inception: Army Looks to ‘Counteract Nightmares’ With Digital Dreams
2010:
12.24.2010 GamePolitics
Rod Humble Named CEO of Linden Lab
12.23.2010 VentureBeat
Linden Lab gets second new CEO of the year for Second Life
12.23.2010 San Francisco Business Times
Second Life’s Linden Lab names CEO
12.23.2010 ReadWriteWeb
New CEO for Second Life as Linden Lab Names EA Gaming Vet to Head Company
12.23.2010 Gamasutra
Rod Humble Becomes Linden Lab’s CEO
2009:
12.28.2009 Examiner.com
Cyber archaeology?
12.24.2009 Silicon.com (UK)
Photos: How to spend Christmas in Second Life
12.23.2009 USA Today
Unlike reality, virtual retail sales are hot, especially for avatars
12.22.2009 Wired (UK)
Virtual Christmas: the Holy Ghost in the machine
12.19.2009 PC World
Shoppers Spent $1 Billion on Virtual Goods in 2009
2008:
21.5.2008 Kent News Net
Two Second Life plays begin finals week, virtual performances available online
12.31.2008 iReport.com
All the virtual world is a stage »
12.31.2008 Kotaku
PlayStation Home And Second Life: Worlds Apart
12.31.2008 New World Notes
Want The Obama Administration To Establish Metaverse Standards? Vote On Change.org By Midnight Tonight!
12.31.2008 Ecommercetimes.com
Virtual World Research, Part 2: Reality in a Can
2007:
12.26.2007 Learning Circuits
Second Life Produces Real Training Results
12.20.2007 CBC
Businesses experiment with Second Life
12.17.2007 OCRegister
Second Life as a simulation tool
12.14.2007 BBC News
A very real future for virtual worlds
12.14.2007 New York Times
Philip Rosedale Answers Your Second Life Questions
2006:
12.18.2006 CNET News.com
IBM's Virtual Pioneer
12.18.2006 GigaOm
Second Life: Hype vs. Anti-Hype vs. Anti-Anti Hype
12.16.2006 TechWhack News
Circuit City to open virtual store on Second Life
12.15.2006 BBC Click
Second Lifers
12.15.2006 ZDNet.com
What makes Second Life eerily powerful is the zero distance between thinkers and technology
2005:
12.29.2005 GameSetWatch
On Second Life Hacks, Sonnets and Fashion Shows
12.22.2005 YPulse
Virtual Teen Entrepreneurs
12.20.2005 Kojo Nnamdi Show
"Virtual Worlds and Avatars" Interview with Philip Rosedale, Edward Castronova and Chip Matthews
12.12.2005 Gamergod.com
Interview with Aimee Weber, Owner/Designer PREEN
12.8.2005 Kevin Maney's Blog
Thursday Book Club
2004:
12.20.2004 Wired.com
Virtual Trade Tough Nut to Crack
12.8.2004 The New Republic Online
The new virtual reality game that's not about killing
12.6.2004 Law.com
Virtual IP Rights Rock Online Gaming World
12.1.2004 Red Herring
Linden Lab wins Red Herring Top 100 Innovators Award
11.10.2004 NYTimes.com
Do-It-Yourselfers Buy Into This Virtual World
2003:
12.31.2003 PC Magazine
Editor's Pick for a Best Product of 2003 - PC Magazine
11.14.2003 Gamespy
Gamespy's series on MMOGs concludes with a panel of visionaries discussing the future of online worlds.
11.13.2003 Wired News
Wired News' Daniel Terdiman explores virtual law.
10.7.2003 PC Magazine
Second Life Review by PC Magazine
9.22.2003 Futurelooks
A Second Chance With Second Life
2002:
12.10.2002 GameSpy.com
Second Life: Step into a massively-multiplayer universe unlike any to date
11.18.2002 Time Magazine
2002 Best Inventions - Time Magazine
11.5.2002 GameSpot.com
Second Life
10.17.2002 Red Herring
Playing God
2.14.2002 New York Times
Into an Infinite Creation Story
more news from 2014...
2013:
more news from 2013...
2012:
9.6.2012 Scientific American
My So-Called Second Life: Are You Your Avatar?
8.17.2012 The Verge
'Second Life' is coming to Steam
8.13.2012 Nvate
Second Life: How Companies are Using the Popular Virtual World to Conduct Meetings
8.10.2012 Surfer Today
Virtual surfers keep riding digital waves
7.30.2012 AP (via NorthJersey.com)
IU-Kokomo prof teaching class with avatars
more news from 2012...
2011:
11.1.2011 BBC (UK)
The Art of Creating Virtual Worlds
10.27.2011 PCWorld
Second Life Puts Musicians on the Virtual Stage
10.27.2011 IX Video Games
What’s So Great About Second Life Anyway?
10.24.2011 Forbes
Financial Services Lags Behind Gaming in Technology
10.21.2011 WIRED
Real-Life Inception: Army Looks to ‘Counteract Nightmares’ With Digital Dreams
more news from 2011...
2010:
12.24.2010 GamePolitics
Rod Humble Named CEO of Linden Lab
12.23.2010 VentureBeat
Linden Lab gets second new CEO of the year for Second Life
12.23.2010 San Francisco Business Times
Second Life’s Linden Lab names CEO
12.23.2010 ReadWriteWeb
New CEO for Second Life as Linden Lab Names EA Gaming Vet to Head Company
12.23.2010 Gamasutra
Rod Humble Becomes Linden Lab’s CEO
more news from 2010...
2009:
12.28.2009 Examiner.com
Cyber archaeology?
12.24.2009 Silicon.com (UK)
Photos: How to spend Christmas in Second Life
12.23.2009 USA Today
Unlike reality, virtual retail sales are hot, especially for avatars
12.22.2009 Wired (UK)
Virtual Christmas: the Holy Ghost in the machine
12.19.2009 PC World
Shoppers Spent $1 Billion on Virtual Goods in 2009
more news from 2009...
2008:
21.5.2008 Kent News Net
Two Second Life plays begin finals week, virtual performances available online
12.31.2008 iReport.com
All the virtual world is a stage »
12.31.2008 Kotaku
PlayStation Home And Second Life: Worlds Apart
12.31.2008 New World Notes
Want The Obama Administration To Establish Metaverse Standards? Vote On Change.org By Midnight Tonight!
12.31.2008 Ecommercetimes.com
Virtual World Research, Part 2: Reality in a Can
more news from 2008...
2007:
12.26.2007 Learning Circuits
Second Life Produces Real Training Results
12.20.2007 CBC
Businesses experiment with Second Life
12.17.2007 OCRegister
Second Life as a simulation tool
12.14.2007 BBC News
A very real future for virtual worlds
12.14.2007 New York Times
Philip Rosedale Answers Your Second Life Questions
more news from 2007...
2006:
12.18.2006 CNET News.com
IBM's Virtual Pioneer
12.18.2006 GigaOm
Second Life: Hype vs. Anti-Hype vs. Anti-Anti Hype
12.16.2006 TechWhack News
Circuit City to open virtual store on Second Life
12.15.2006 BBC Click
Second Lifers
12.15.2006 ZDNet.com
What makes Second Life eerily powerful is the zero distance between thinkers and technology
more news from 2006...
2005:
12.29.2005 GameSetWatch
On Second Life Hacks, Sonnets and Fashion Shows
12.22.2005 YPulse
Virtual Teen Entrepreneurs
12.20.2005 Kojo Nnamdi Show
"Virtual Worlds and Avatars" Interview with Philip Rosedale, Edward Castronova and Chip Matthews
12.12.2005 Gamergod.com
Interview with Aimee Weber, Owner/Designer PREEN
12.8.2005 Kevin Maney's Blog
Thursday Book Club
more news from 2005...
2004:
12.20.2004 Wired.com
Virtual Trade Tough Nut to Crack
12.8.2004 The New Republic Online
The new virtual reality game that's not about killing
12.6.2004 Law.com
Virtual IP Rights Rock Online Gaming World
12.1.2004 Red Herring
Linden Lab wins Red Herring Top 100 Innovators Award
11.10.2004 NYTimes.com
Do-It-Yourselfers Buy Into This Virtual World
more news from 2004...
2003:
12.31.2003 PC Magazine
Editor's Pick for a Best Product of 2003 - PC Magazine
11.14.2003 Gamespy
Gamespy's series on MMOGs concludes with a panel of visionaries discussing the future of online worlds.
11.13.2003 Wired News
Wired News' Daniel Terdiman explores virtual law.
10.7.2003 PC Magazine
Second Life Review by PC Magazine
9.22.2003 Futurelooks
A Second Chance With Second Life
more news from 2003...
2002:
12.10.2002 GameSpy.com
Second Life: Step into a massively-multiplayer universe unlike any to date
11.18.2002 Time Magazine
2002 Best Inventions - Time Magazine
11.5.2002 GameSpot.com
Second Life
10.17.2002 Red Herring
Playing God
2.14.2002 New York Times
Into an Infinite Creation Story
more news from 2002...