In the 8th grade, I got The Sims for Christmas and never really played it much. It frustrated me to the max. All I was doing was making sure they slept, ate, went to the bathroom, showered, and looked for a job. I apparently never learned how to play The Sims correctly though because my characters kept dying on me within 20 minutes. This was no fun for me, with the exception of watching the characters interact with goofy babbling.
I thought Chuck brought up a good point when he said his niece would be a more imaginative girl when she played with her Barbies than when she played Sims. There are no limits and boundaries in the silly little scenarios you develop on your own when you're a 6 year old playing house. Growing up, I remember my mom getting a kick out of the things my sister, the neighbor kids, and I would come up with to entertain ourselves. I don't think she would've had much fun watching us sit on our butts for a couple hours staring at a screen. And this kind of goes along with the whole Facebook thing. I myself don't think in 10 years I'll look back on the thousands of hours I will have spent on fb in my life and say, "I'm so glad I made a Facebook! Sitting indoors and staring at a website was always the best choice."
While Second Life is an interesting concept because it's so elaborate, I can't believe people spend money on it. The biggest thing for me is that they hide behind it. Whatever they're doing on Second Life, they should be attempting in real life! :)
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