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Virtual worlds Thursday, September 13, 2007

Presenters:
William Kremer

Guests:
Andy Evans, a psychologist at Thames Valley University
Catherine Chapman, language expert at BBC Learning English

Programme Summary:
In this week's programme, we look at the topic of virtual and fantasy worlds. Why are games like World of Warcraft and sites like Second Life becoming so popular? We examine the concept of escapism with a psychologist, and our resident language expert Catherine Chapman is on hand to tell us about useful grammar and vocabulary.

Links:
Words in the News story about Second Life
The World Today - a Second Life broadcast
News story about World of Warcraft
Second Life*
World of Warcraft - community site*

* The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites