SAN FRANCISCO - The online fantasy world "Second Life" will soon introduce the virtual equivalent of vanity plates, allowing residents to customize their characters' first and last names.
"Second Life" spokesman Alex Yenni said the feature, likely to cost $100 up front and $50 a year, would debut by the end of the year....
...But nearly everyone has to select from a rotating stock of surnames — conventional surnames such as Geiger, Felix and Lancaster, or futuristic, foreign or odd ones like Cioc, Stenvaag and Pugilist. - Yahoo! News
You'd have to be mad to pay $100 for your own name on a glorified chat room. Yes, I've been pretty positive about Second Life in the past but I guess opinions change. I haven't logged on in months due to the horrible lag and less than glorious presentation.
`Second Life' to charge for names - Yahoo! News.
(Via Kotaku)
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