I was under the impression that Second Life was “over.” It made a big splash last year, but as far as I know, things have all but fizzled out. The only real Second Life news on the radar was in April when it was questioned whether online affairs constituted infidelity in real life. (That, and the fact that one of the most purchased items in Second Life is genitalia. Ew.) So why is it that everyone is getting all goose-pimply about all the rumors that Google is going to launch its own Second Life-esque virtual world?

Maybe I just don’t get it, but what is it that Google can offer that other virtual worlds do not? Because it’s going to take a lot more than virtual boobs to get me interested.