116 Happy 20th Birthday, Second Life (w/ virtual worlds reporter Wagner James Au)

Before MySpace existed, there was already a thriving social network. But this one was fully in 3D. And you could fly!Second Life turns 20 years old this summer, and it remains a vibrant ecosystem of players, creators, and a reminder of how a real "metaverse" should be built. Author and reporter Wagner James Au joins us to reflect on the enormous impact Second Life has had on games, and what we can learn from it as new "wannabe" metaverses spring up all the time.Check out James' book: Making a Metaverse That Matters: https://www.amazon.com/Making-....Metaverse-That-Matte his blog: https://nwn.blogs.com/Email us with what you're playing and we'll read it on the show! HaveEnteredTheChat@gmail.comJoin our Discord community: https://discord.gg/5xz84B9RRJFollow and subscribe to Colette:https://twitter.com/coletteben....netthttps://www.twit and subscribe to Matt:https://twitter.com/Matt_Silve....rman/https://www.you theme music is by Azure Flux: https://azureflux.bandcamp.com/Our logo is illustrated by @JustCallMeKatarina: https://www.instagram.com/justcallmekatarina/