Using the game's architect tool, I was able to recreate the exact layout of my apartment. I was then able to fill it with similar replications of my furniture. I'm not sure who was having more fun - my doppelganger or me. Virtual Keith suddenly has more friends and a better TV than the real Keith. The Sims is just the latest technology that lets us separate ourselves from society.
Kids rush home from school each day to log on and chat with friends they just left.
In Arizona, thousands of voters use the Internet to cast their ballots in the Democratic primary. We've been practically shutting ourselves off for years. If you're not telecommuting and actually make it into work, you don't have to worry about talking to the person in the cube next to you. Just send them an instant message. But I'm just a little disturbed that when I get home tonight I'll be checking to see if virtual Keith has enough money to buy that new digital TV that real Keith really wants.