Second Life Makes its First Virtual Millionaire

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A real estate tycoon no less, and a hot one if you’re into avatars. Anshe Chung spent her precious time developing islands and creating private communities restricted to certain types of architecture, francophones, the gay community or even “furries,” a diaspora of fuzzy avatars.

Now Chung’s Linden money is convertable to $1 million US dollars. Makes you wonder why you wasted all the time on the Sims, doesn’t it? – Contributed by Angela Natividad

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