A group of people have gathered beside a gazebo in an outdoor park to discuss the presidential election. But the park isn't real, it's in the online virtual world of Second Life, where pixelated avatars fly around and interact with each other. ...more

November 4, 2008

TOKYO - A 43-year-old player in a virtual game world became so angry about her sudden divorce from her online husband that she logged on with his password and killed his digital persona, police said today. ...more

October 23, 2008

The newspaper industry is constantly bewailing its need for a new economic model, as the Internet upends the old one. Maybe it could take a page from the Club Penguin Times. ...more

September 15, 2008

Distinct personalities in real and imagined worlds collided Friday at the fourth annual "Second Life" convention. ...more

September 6, 2008

Second Lifers, many of whom know each other only by their avatar personalities, are converging in Tampa today for educational seminars designed to teach those caught up on the computer craze how to better navigate the boxy Second Life 3-D landscape. The virtual online community's annual convention begins this morning at the Tampa Marriott Waterside hotel with breakfast at 8 and a welcoming ceremony at 10. ...more

September 5, 2008

You can always spot the novices in the virtual reality world of "Second Life": Their online characters - or avatars - stumble around awkwardly and walk into objects, as their real-world users fumble with the keyboard controls. ...more

November 22, 2007

Some players give themselves the ability to magically see and shoot through walls. Others find a way to fly, making them nearly impossible to defeat. ...more

October 6, 2007

In the past month, more than 1,000 people have attended an open house for a $3.1 million home listed for sale near Seattle. But this isn't just any open house. ...more

September 12, 2007