Neither man, nor woman, nor furries, nor Wagner James Au is safe from terrorism, even when digitally ensconced in the Metaverse, as wild-eyed Warren Ellis describes a terrorist attack that took place in Second Life.

Materialising on the Integral Castle grounds, I found myself in the middle of a rain of small boxes, all of which were trying to load themselves into my inventory (where the objects in SL that I choose to hold on to are kept) while looping some Biblical jabber through the chat circuit, filling the entire screen.

Well, terrorist attack might be a tad hyperbolic on Warren's part. Instead of insidious agents of Al Qaeda, think pustule-faced teenage dorks hyurking in their computer labs. This isn't a purposeful attack targeting a civilian population to enact political change: this is just a bunch of griefers. Florian Eckhardt

Second Life Sketches [Warren Ellis]

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