All these virtual worlds are getting out of control.
Starting with
Second Life where the following real-life cases have taken place:
someone suing the game developer for wrongfully seizing his virtual land. The case is actually going to the Fed Courts and the guy is expecting $8,000 in restitution. Only in America ...
virtual rape case whereby Brussels police were called upon to enter Second Life and conduct an investigation. Wonder if they had to create policeman avatars?
FBI investigation of virtual casinos
Virtual child abuse case where two avatars (one adult male and one child) were engaging in depicted sexual conduct. Turned out that the child avatar was actually an adult recasting him/herself as a child. Did someone say Michael Jackson?
Not to mention virtual adultery, virtual riot etc ... it's all virtually ridiculous.
As if all this isn't bizarre enough, it seems that someone has been trading my blog on a fantasy blog-stock market?!? There is one majority shareholder monopolising 80% of the shares (4000) and the price is currently at $127.37. My opinion - highly undervalued!
Hmmm ... perhaps I should create a virtual miss-universe pageant.
Hi, good to see you're posting again. It's been very slow at work. Sonny =)
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