Google Lively Review

joc1985 writes "An objective review of Google Lively after a few hours of playing around. It seems to be a bad copy of Second Life. Somehow all the rooms are crowded, and porn has made its way in there already"

Definitely a beta

[Dmala]

Actually, calling it a beta is being generous. There are a lot of interface quirks and bugs to work out, and the content (as far as avatars, furniture, clothes, etc.) definitely feels more like a sample of what will be available. Once they open it up to user created content, I imagine there will be no shortage of "stuff". FWIW, I didn't really have the connection problems the reviewer had. The whole thing thing gets a little laggy in a crowded room, especially if the room is full of junk, but I didn't have any problems getting in.

As far as the sex themed rooms, they seemed pretty tame to me, at least for now. (Uh, not that I checked them out or anything.) You're limited to streaming videos from YouTube, so you can't show anything that wouldn't pass muster there. You can also display static images in a "picture frame", but the frames seems to be pretty broken at the moment. They seem to only display a small portion of the image, regardless of the resolution. So, at least for the moment, it's pretty much impossible to display anything pornographic. I imagine once they open it up to user created content, though, it will become yet another haven for furries.

Platform Support

[99BottlesOfBeerInMyF]

I looked at this the other day and it seemed to claim to be a "Windows only" service. My Windows system was busy at the time, so I didn't investigate further and it was unclear if they planned on supporting other platforms in future. That's a non-starter in my book.

Re:Porn vs theology

[Tophe]

That's not the definition of unbiased [answers.com]. Perhaps the word you're looking for is unsolicited. Also you didn't call your review unbiased. You called it objective but your review is actually subjective. For future reference, objective = facts, subjective = opinions.

Re:"Porn has made its way in there already"

[SQLGuru]

Actually, many Christian faith have as a fundamental belief the "Priesthood of the believer" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priesthood_of_all_believers [wikipedia.org] which allows that the individual has the right to interpret the Bible as they see fit (and preach that interpretation). So, some will consider it adultery and others will consider it "admiring the works of God". So, there you go.....maybe it is, maybe it isn't. You need to search your own concscience and proceed from there.

Layne

Re:"Porn has made its way in there already"

[shaitand]

Technically, according to the bible any woman becomes your wife upon having sex with her. Adultery is something that woman does when she has sex with another man, not something the man she has sex with does.

Now, if a woman goes and bangs another guy then I believe I recall the punishment being that her uncle becomes sterile.

Now, if the woman has sex with a mule, not only does her uncle become sterile but her and the mule have to be put to death. If a guy has sex with a mule the mule gets put to death.

Anyone who questions these laws of God also gets put to death. Fairly straightforward.