History VideoGame / SecondLife

* ShoutOut: The three servers which run the grid of sims are named [[Film/{{Zoolander}} Magnum, Le Tigre and Blue Steel]].

''[[http://secondlife.com Second Life]]'' is a virtual world by Linden Lab, originally launched in 2003 for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PCs]], with [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Mac]] and UsefulNotes/{{Linux}} versions also available. It's like a sandbox [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMOG]] heavy on user customization, or a world-sim meets 3D-chat-program, or [[TheInternetIsForPorn the Internet's]] largest [[VideoGamePerversityPotential alternative-digi-porn-emporium]]. No matter which of the three definitions you prefer, Linden Lab states that ''Second Life'' is not a game or even a work of fiction so much as it is a simulation of {{real life}} made much more interesting.

* UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: A sizable chunk of the fanbase. Some are attracted by the degree of customization possible with avatars, some got into the fandom through the game, and a vocal minority are interested in what the game is famous for.

* OhCrap: Pretty much everyone's reaction when there's a forced sim restart by Linden Labs. Anyone who doesn't leave the sim before the timer expires will be forced to log out. Needless to say, thi, s can get annoying if you're in the middle of role playing or are building something. If you log in and the sim you logged into is down, you'll be teleported to one of the many newbie hubs designed to show newbies how Second Life works. More often than not, an "OH CRAP" was had by many of a player that got teleported to a newbie hub while wearing questionable stuff on their avatar.

There is no story-line and no goals, instead putting an emphasis on chatroom-like conversations with friends and buying virtual property. It's the sort of environment where a hacker attack involves self-replicating spheres spreading across the biosphere, and banned users find themselves in an endless corn-field with only a TV showing a promo for Linden Lab, the company behind ''Second Life''. [[{{Music/TalkingHeads}} And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack.]] You may find yourself married to a large automobile. You may find yourself pole-dancing while what can only be described as a sentient light-show stuffs cash into your G-string. You may ask yourself, "Why am I wearing this beautiful house?". You may ask yourself, "Why am I running through the junkyard in a swimsuit?". You may say to yourself, "My God! Where are my pants?!"

There is no story-line and no goals, instead putting an emphasis on chatroom-like conversations with friends and buying virtual property. It's the sort of environment where a hacker attack involves self-replicating spheres spreading across the biosphere, and banned users find themselves in an endless corn-field with only a TV showing a promo for Linden Lab, the company behind ''Second Life''. [[{{Music/TalkingHeads}} And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack.]] You may find yourself standing beneath a tree on which money grows. You may find yourself pole-dancing while what can only be described as a sentient light-show stuffs cash into your G-string. You may ask yourself, "Why am I wearing this beautiful house?". You may ask yourself, "Why am I running through the junkyard in a swimsuit?".

** At least part of this is outfits that would simply not work in the real world. Lots of NavelDeepNeckline, {{Underboobs}}, MagicSkirt and BareYourMidriff abound.

* {{Polyamory}}: As might be expected from a place as filled with horny people that has no lasting consequences. Almost no one maintains a strictly monogamous relationship for very long.