[Getting Immersed in Second Life]

Welcome, and so nice to see these screenshots!  A picture's worth a thousand words!

[Linden Lab's New CEO]

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!