This harrowing tale of love and betrayal on Second Life was brought to my attention by Ron Casalotti over at BusinessWeek. A woman is finally divorcing her husband after she caught him cheating with another woman—by using his avatar—in the virtual world.  The woman has moved on and has a new man in her life, who she met while playing the internet fantasy role-playing game World Of Warcraft.

You cannot make this stuff up.

-Maria

In Second Life, volunteers for both Presidential candidates have unofficially created campaign headquarters, held grass roots rallies, handed out virtual buttons and T-shirts. According to Linden Lab, creator of the popular virtual world, many people decided to spend Election Day as their avatars.  Let’s hope they actually voted in the real world.

-Maria