Cobb Zimmerman

For those of you who dont know, the Sims Online is undergoing a revolution. Having been left standing for the last couple of years with little to no insight, EA are in last re-shaping the-game, and the planet of multiplayer gaming as we all know it. Seem like hyperbole? Perhaps, maybe not; check out their latest addition to the internet gaming experience: AvatarBook.

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So what is Avatarbook? Well, the clue is in the name. What is one of the biggest networks on the planet at as soon as? Thats right - Facebook. With more than 58 million users, Facebook could be the major reason that a lot of us log-on each day. But, even as we all know, it has its limits. As do games.

One problem with online activities is that they could be also divorced from reality - you have your real-world friends, and your online friends, and the 2 remain firmly separated. Ditto Facebook - your user-circle is bound by who you already know, and its hard-to get to know people outside of that circle on an one-to-one basis without discussing your entire private information or being introduced by a friend of a friend.

All that is set to change, with a brand new ap-plication that might change our networking group forever. When Linden Labs built Linden Dollars (the currency of the hugely popular game Second Life) exchangeable for real-world currency, they opened up the world of o-nline gambling by bringing it into the real world. Today E-a want to do the same, by allowing people of the Sims Online to link their Avatars' reports for their Facebook pages.

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Avatarbook has two faces -- the in-game version and the Facebook version. In-game you can put it to use similar to Facebook, in see their limited users and that you can discover other Avatars. Call Of Duty Advanced Warfare includes further about why to provide for this hypothesis. For friends the whole profiles are apparent, with walls for visitors to write-on and updatable status. Your report may also show if your lot is available or not, and the application a be-used to quickly make your way around EA Land when you jump from friend to friend.

In Facebook, the application shows your Avatar's details (unless you have chosen a personal setting) and picture, and whether you are logged on to the sport. This is a of use method for participants to learn who is o-nline without hav