I'm quite a fan of 2 of the 3 CSI shows, and the games offered here (there should be more to come) work quite nicely. You do have to wonder if the shows would be as compelling if all the clues were highlighted when you arrived though. For those of us outside the US, the fact that one of the mysteries ties in directly to tonight's show might be a bit tricky unless we manage to download a copy of it from somewhere. Is CBS sure that's what it wants?The game play uses video streaming to relay information about the clues and interviews with the suspects, but there is a text sidebar too for those, like me, that struggle to hear what's going on. The text is rather slow to load though, sadly.
It was a fun way to spend 20 minutes. I guess it will take longer than that for the expected hordes of newbie CSI fans though, as they also try to get used to moving around in SL. It will be interesting to see how many convert to long term users after this, but they will use a fair amount of SL skills, so they might.
I've never been to New York, but exploring New York virtually on this scale was fun!
Oh, if you use their viewer, you can't right click the CSI toolbar - but you can in a normal viewer. This is to stop newbies getting lost and detaching them by mistake according to one of their greeters, but it's annoying if you're used to SL.
1. I'm sorry, but I'm getting more and more confused by the second with all this CSI:NY & SL hubbub. ...and I'm sure I'm not alone.
There's a lot of info to take in, and it's just overwhelming and frustrating.
I think these tie-ins and alternate reality games work best when they're kept simple. The premise of the RL TV show plot needs to solve a crime in SL I get. The idea that viewers can go into SL and play this find-a-clue game during the series' hiatus I get.
What I don't get is EVERYTHING else! Why is there a licensed new SL CSI viewer? Why does it need over 300 new sims? It just feels like there's soooooo much surrounding this promo game that very few are going to be able to follow the intention of the game.
But, we'll see soon enough. To some, it sounds intriguing. To me, i'm just scared to even begin cause I won't get it.
Posted at 2:01PM on Oct 24th 2007 by Doubledown Tandino