# Is there anything out there better than Second Life yet? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 19, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-better-than-second-life-yet/468583 "2008-10-19T00:35:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-better-than-second-life-yet/468583/1 "2008-10-19T00:35:46Z")
I’ve always thought second life looked a bit rough and ready, and the graphics were a bit jerky. While I try and get it again I thought I’d plop this thread out. Is there anything similar/better out there? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-better-than-second-life-yet/468583/2 "2008-10-20T08:56:50Z")
Well there’s plenty of MMORPGs that probably have better quality, but they are all theme based games. Second Life is a more open ended world with the ends of creation and socialization instead of gaming. It seems to still be the bigggest and most popular virtual world out there. You might find some others [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_World#Examples) though. That said, some of the clunkiness might be more internet related than to do with the Second Life system itself. ---
**Author:** ![BACI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@BACI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BACI)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-better-than-second-life-yet/468583/3 "2008-10-20T10:03:33Z")
If you have a PS3 I think Sony have something coming out called Home. Check this out: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyquAXKeEI0](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyquAXKeEI0) Might be fun… M ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-out-there-better-than-second-life-yet/468583/4 "2008-10-21T09:23:25Z")
If you know Tad Williams SF series [Otherland](http://www.tadwilliams.com/book.aspx?id=17), they are making a [game](http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=249125) [based](http://www.tadwilliams.com/blog/comments.aspx?id=85) [on it](http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/45352), which if the book is anything to go by, will have very social and open-ended elements.