Second Life

very popular MMORPG/Virtual World/Virtual Community

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Life

http://secondlife.com/

CommunityWiki:SecondLife on potential similarities to IRC for D And D communications medium.

Membership is free unless you want to own land.

Using it for Educating Kids http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki

created by Philip Rosedale

Oct'2010 messiness - Rosedale came back as CEO, then left again a few months later. The economy is in total disarray. Economical statistics are INCREDIBLY skewed to hide real facts.