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Virtual Worlds Managment, creator of Virtual Worlds News has posted a list of over 100 youth-oriented virtual worlds.

The list is at: http://www.virtualworldsmanagement.com/2008/youthworlds.html

This list took me by surprise - but - when you consider that “every toy is now getting it’s own virtual world” then it adds up since so many thousands of toys are launched each year. Check out the list for any important worlds you see upcoming.

Philip Rosedale spoke at the US House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet yesterday, April 1. I thought it was an April fools joke at first, but this is real.

Audio and video is here: http://energycommerce.house.gov/

Philip starts speaking at around 29:00 after an introduction. Almost the entire 90 minute meeting is focused on Second Life. A major score for Second Life in getting established as “the” virtual world. Dr. Larry Johnson of New Media Consortium likens Second Life to the opportunities that were brought about from settling the wild west, the rollout of electricity, television, and the internet itself.