Here's what I got...
Needless to say, I was super bummed! I tried deleting a TON of stuff...but still keep saying there was not enough room to download it.
I wouldn't let that stop me though in the collaborative Gaming World! So, I decided to try Minecraft! I was super jazzed to try it out. I've heard about it from kids and felt pretty excited after the presentation by the Social Innovation Group! So I clicked the download button and crossed my fingers.....
Success! I was ready to go! Now, we are talking! Or...were we? It didn't occur to me that when you get this version...
Yep, the free version, there's nobody to play with. I, of course, got the free demo version. Tears? Who me? No, not unless I'm cuttin' onions! We'll just try again! I played around for a while before cutting out. Still confused on the wood block chopping (but more on that later). So, I went to my good friend google. Google always knows what to do. So, one of the top collaborate gaming ones that looked like I didn't have to download a large file, was Whyville. I thought, This is perfect!
It even had me go through a full tutorial and quiz before it let me chat. It was really brilliant actually how they did that. They went over what to do if someone says certain things to you- report them, block them, answer them, mute them, etc. It was a cool way to get you started on it! After I earned my chat license, I was ready to go play games with others!
I searched high and low for anyone. Went all throughout that large virtual world. I even played a game by myself. (It was not a fun game and I don't really recommend this website by the way). I was about to give up. Then I remembered Lani talking about Second Life. I knew that it wasn't a "game" but you could create things and there are people there. I mean there was sure to be people there! It's a huge thing. So....I was off!
I crossed my fingers again for the download. Success! This is great! I'm in. It dropped me on some beach after I picked out my avatar and there were already people near me!
I was GOING to be successful. I mean I had to be, right? I started off with trying to chat with nearby people nobody responded. Then, I decided to go explore. Maybe these people were just away from their computers? Maybe my avatar wasn't hot enough? Maybe they don't like people? Maybe they could tell I was a newbie? Maybe they don't associate themselves with newbies? Who knows! I sure didn't. What I did know though was I was off and exploring!
I went to this sweet world....
Nobody but a flying skunk was there and he gave me something. I don't think he was an actual person, just a robot. It was weird. I opened the thing up and it gave me information about this world. I went on my journey and keep exploring new worlds. I decided that maybe I should choose a spot based on where people were. So I went to a new spot where someone told me about prims. Prims was one of the things mentioned on that thing the flying skunk. Apparently, prims are blocks. It seems a little confusing as to what they are for and why one might have a box. I ended up dropping a box later (and I couldn't figure out how to pick it up) but I'm assuming that was a prim. I had a conversations with another person who was explaining Second Life a little more to me. Our conversation started when he told me to stop. Quite literally, he just said, "Stop!"
Can you imagine how confusing that is when you have no idea what you are doing?! I asked, "Stop what?" and got no reply. "I don't know what I did." I then said..."This place is confusing!" After that he started talking back to me and I was asking him all sorts of questions about this place. He explained to me that you make friends here and it is a world like the outside world. I asked him about making worlds and he explained a few things and talked about how you can make stuff and sell it to people. Apparently you need to spend real money though to get their money called, Lindens. There are freebies though. So, I was off to get freebies! I didn't actually end up getting any freebies but explored a new space. I don't think this virtual chat space is really my thing. However, I think I would be totally into a chat if it was towards something competitive or collaborative. The character said that building things in that world was difficult so I didn't try. But maybe building a space there or communicating about a common goal would be cool.
After 4 different efforts to play on the online world with others, I am thinking I am going to go play fetch with my dog now and get away from the computer.
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