1. I never really wanted to be Barbie or a princess, when I was growing up. For a little while, I inexplicably wanted to be a fire-truck, though.

Posted at 3:04AM on Jul 16th 2007 by Tateru Nino

2. Hahaha. Ok, Tateru. I was coming to make a silly comment, but yours tops mine.

/me is still laughing like a loon

Posted at 3:49AM on Jul 16th 2007 by Kahni Poitier

3. With all the Barbie dolls I see walking around in SL, I don't see what the difference is. Maybe no Kens are allowed in Barbie Girls?

(I'm SO going to regret this.)

Posted at 4:34AM on Jul 16th 2007 by Nightbird Glineux

4. Or maybe they just allow Kens with Kennish shoulder-to-waist ratio? i.e. 1.5 to 1, not 3.5 to 1 as is the common norm of Barbie's companions in SL.

(For reference, check e.g. House of Zen's male wardrobe advertising. Some look really nice, but I never buy from them since the images give me no idea how they may look on a remotely normal av body=.

Posted at 10:13AM on Jul 16th 2007 by Sin Trenton

5. a fire truck? were you a transformers fan while growing up Tat? :)

Posted at 6:03PM on Jul 16th 2007 by TigroSpottystripes Katsu

6. The primary toys I had as a kid were LEGO bricks (Parents:"You want this Tonka truck? Or Legos you can build a truck and other things with?" Li'l Kami: "Legos!", repeat that conversation every few months). Second Life (and long before that, Active Worlds) are addictive to me because of it. LEGO Universe is probably going to eat the brains of even more young and old people, and keep them.

From what I understand of the Barbie MMO, it doesn't have much variety of activity, so it'll bore the crap out of them before too long. I doubt their average retention will be more than 3 months. SL does the "dress up your avatar and play in your dream house" thing better.

Posted at 9:57PM on Jul 16th 2007 by Kami Harbinger