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> when someone tries to make metaverses happen again

While web3/metaverse as a branding concept flopped, the incumbents (roblox, fortnite, minecraft, gta creator mode) are growing strong with roblox leading the pack

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Somehow when people say "the metaverse", they mean something like those games, but boring.

I am aware that statement is essentially a joke, but it seems to be true.

Back in the day this was called Second Life

Strange name, really, considering that people that inhabit metaverse realities by and large (of course there are outliers and corner cases) have no primary life. Should be called mylife or reallife or getalife or something more like that.

Way ahead of you on that joke. "Get a First Life" (2007):

https://web.archive.org/web/20070124113808/http://www.getafi...

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