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Article: Media Roundup: culture of virtual worlds is catching on.
- Article from:
- PR Week (US)
- Article date:
- November 5, 2007
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The hit TV series CSI: New York recently took the unprecedented step of sending one of its main characters into Second Life to search for a killer, a plot twist that gave many Americans their first look into virtual worlds.
Though virtual worlds like Second Life, Club Penguin, Habbo, There.com, and Webkinz have been around for years (attracting millions of loyal visitors), in many ways the media is taking a wait-and-see attitude before declaring this the 'next big thing.'
'Some technology outlets have covered it and may have even moved on,' notes Joey Seiler, staff writer for VirtualWorldsNews. com and one of the few reporters dedicated to covering the ...