Welcome to the Soup, Rodvik! So happy to meet you! Art game legacy FTW! Stars over Half Moon Bay!
Serious contemporary art museums and thinkers the world over are paying attention to new media and virtual worlds, including the Museum of Modern Art in NYC! Here's an example of a discussion:
http://www.edwardwinkleman.com/2010/03/second-life-and-art-of-motor-cycle.html
and another:
http://soup-spoon.blogspot.com/2010/04/portrait-island-doppelganger-art-and.html
and another:
http://soup-spoon.blogspot.com/2010/05/bill-viola-night-journey.html
and another:
http://blog.art21.org/2010/05/28/life-after-death-an-interview-with-eva-and-franco-mattes/
Happy holidays to all!