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EDITORIAL: Cyber game is a real fantasy.

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)

| January 03, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Virginian-Pilot. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Jan. 3--How rich is America? So rich that people will pay real money to buy imaginary money so that they can buy imaginary candy that only their imaginary self can eat. The real owner of the imaginary candy store will pay real money to the real owners of the imaginary world, so that he can have an imaginary storefront and then convert his imaginary earnings into real dollars.

Welcome to Second Life, (http://secondlife.com), the overhyped, massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) with property rights and a currency exchange, and in which real companies like Sony and Reuters think they can make real money.

Naturally, this leads to the question: How does Uncle…

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