IT SHOULD have been a coming-of-age moment. In December 2006, Anshe Chung, the most prominent of Second Life’s entrepreneurs, was interviewed about her burgeoning , which she says is worth more than $1 million. It was a milestone to mark the emergence of a mature and corporate side to virtual worlds. But then, for a full 15 minutes, the virtual room in which she was being interviewed was invaded by .
Two months later, something similar happened. The Second Life headquarters of US presidential candidate John Edwards was attacked by a gang known as the Patriotic Nigras,…
