Forget Second Life. Get a First Life

TechCrunch points to this really funny parody site called “Get a First Life” created by Darren Barefoot who is bemused by the amount of hype and attention the game…er…virtual world has been receiving.

Video Game Industry is doing good

Video game industry retail sales jumped 34% in November to $1.7 billion from $1.3 billion last November, according to data from the NPD Group. Total hardware sales soared 69% to $771 million on the launch of long-anticipated Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii.

• The portable Nintendo DS sold in the highest numbers, with 918,000 units.
• Sony's PlayStation 2 followed with 664,000 consoles sold.
• Microsoft's Xbox 360 sold 511,000 units.
• The $250 Nintendo Wii sold 476,000 units.
• The PS3, which retails for $500 and $600, sold 197,000 units

Worldwide, Both Sony and Nintendo expect to sell 6 million of their next-generation consoles by the end of March.

Software sales climbed 15% to $804 million from $702 million a year ago.