Just Like Me only Better

      The article Just Like Me only Better was a very intriguing piece. It really went in depth on explaining what avatar meant. It talked a lot about graphic online representation of self. It amazes me the types of programs that there are now days. Especially the whole Second Life thing. How people go into detail about how they want there avatar to look. The one thing it reminded me of was the movie Avatar. It never really clicked to me the title of that movie. How the man would go into that machine and then be able to control an avatar. I had always just thought Avatar was picked as the name of movie because those blue monsters are called avatars. I clearly had the wrong conception of it. I believe that a lot of people enjoy programs like Second Life because sometimes they have low self esteem and can't engage in face to face communication or they might feel low of themselves and aren't happy with their image as a person. It doesn't surprise me that people like to pay special attention to the way their avatar looks either. I really enjoyed this article and opened my eyes up to something new.