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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Look Lively!]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/look-lively/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/look-lively/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/look-lively/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/betas/" rel="tag">Betas</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/new-titles/" rel="tag">New titles</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/second-life/" rel="tag">Second Life</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/virtual-worlds/" rel="tag">Virtual worlds</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lively/" rel="tag">Lively</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/lively4-225.jpg" />The Massively crew has spent a little more time hammering away at Google's new virtual artifice, <em><a href="http://www.lively.com/">Lively</a></em>. By now, you've probably seen all sorts of news reports calling it a rival and competitor to Linden Lab's virtual world, <a href="http://secondlife.com/"><em>Second Life</em></a><em>.</em> Technically, that's what we call bollocks.</p>
<p>Describing <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/lively">Lively</a></em> as a rival to <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/second-life"><em>Second Life</em></a> is like calling a conference center a rival to a library. They're just not servicing the same needs, and the comparison is fundamentally nonsensical. <em>Lively</em> is tightly focused, and fails to intrude on the bulk of virtual worlds space.</p>
<p>So, what's the deal with <em>Lively</em>? Let's take a look ...</p><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/look-lively/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Look Lively!</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/look-lively/">Look Lively!</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/look-lively/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1250374/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/look-lively/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>beta</category><category>dr-horrible</category><category>featured</category><category>google</category><category>joystiqfeatures</category><category>linden-lab</category><category>lively</category><category>metaplace</category><category>second-life</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tateru Nino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
