Rethinking Virtual Commodification, or The Virtual Kitchen Sink

Lori Landay
2010 Journal of Virtual Worlds Research  
A virtual home, rented or on one's own land, whether similar to an actual world home or some other kind of space, is not just a simulacra of the familar to make the metaphors of place manifest in a virtual world. It is not just a mirror image, but its own place, a locus of experiences that have occurred there, and are now a part of me. I still do not see the appeal of a virtual kitchen, but I have also spent enough time in Second Life now to know that people's uses of commodities are often
more » ... ive and ludic, providing frames for play and interaction that stimulate the imagination in ways I could barely glimpse a year ago. Maybe that could even include the kitchen sink. The video file can only be found on the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research main website: http://jvwresearch.org.
doi:10.4101/jvwr.v2i4.860 fatcat:maodx2zdubhbxlm4aoa4aencf4