November 20, 2006Is it real or is it Jaffe?
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What a great way to start the day...perusing through MediaPost to see today's MediaDailyNews (which I began my writing career penning a weekly Thursday article) guest column - penned by the artful George Simpson - titled, "Is it real or is it Jaffe?"
The satire begins with the following words...
WESTPORT, CONN. AUTHORITIES CALLED OFF a statewide search when local resident Joseph Jaffe, reported missing by his wife, was found alive and well in Second Life. Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned (well, rented, really, since it costs 10 bucks a month to live there) by its residents. Since opening in 2003, it has grown explosively, and today is inhabited by 1.4 million people from around the globe.
Now while I don't want the word Jaffe to become synonymous with virtual, everything else couldn't be more accurate (you have NO IDEA!) Time to issue this to the PR Newswries...
Thanks George...I'm still laughing :)
Jaffe, a new-media marketing consultant and famous author, told Over the Line he was sitting at his computer when he saw a virtual Rabbit take a watch out of its waistcoat pocket, look at the watch, and then pop down a large rabbit hole under a virtual hedge.
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Comments
Joseph:
This is wonderful. What a great story.
I wanted to update you on a talk by Adam Reuters in Ann Arbor this morning. It was a great talk on Second Life, and Adam and I both know you.
"We met in Second Life" is where we both met you too. So cool, so very, very cool.
Happy Thanksgiving. We have much to be thankful for.
So I have to ask. Are you and your friends going to share a turkey in SL? Personally I would prefer a Tofurkey.
Gobble, Gobble.
Derek
Posted by: Derek Mehraban
The opening story on the above website about raping in Second Life is just another reason to dislike the whole idea of a virtual (yes that means NOT REAL) yet disturbingly psychologically engaging game.
Posted by: Ashley











