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Roslin Petion

Best selling author, Warren Ellis used to be active on Second Life. He wrote about his experiences for Reuters for a brief bit, but as far as I know, has been inactive for a few years now.

Han Held

It's a has-been platform, tied to the mid 00's and irrelevant to the present day. These days, everyone uniformly regards SL as being lame and something of an embarrassment; particularly the youth demographic that Hollywood is perpetually chasing.

I'm surprised you could even find two Celebrities for the article. At least "admitting" to playing D&D has some sort of geek cachet (SL decidedly ...doesn't).

Arcadia Codesmith

One of the best things about virtual worlds is that you can be who you want to be without reference to your real-world press, bank account, or other baggage. Artists (performing and visual) have a certain tendency to do pseudonymous work now and then, just to connect with an audience without the infrastructure of fame.

iisingh

My thoughts exactly brother hand held.

ice cream jones

About a month back Adventure Time creator Pen Ward had an SL stream with a couple fans tagging along. Was a fun little journey.

A.J.

It doesn't surprise me, in the least. that SL has no appeal to RL celebrities or extremely wealthy people. I can't speak for Hollywood celebrities, but my little business has catered to the 1% for years. I live off of their chump change and I can't imagine that they would piddle away their time in the pretense of SL.

Everything that we find rewarding in SL, they can actually have amplified in RL. They don't need wings. They can afford to have someone fly them anywhere they want to go at any time.

SL society has a very vulgar, delusional, and ill obsession with it's own celebrity and the rewards are a pittance. It's a bit like fishing for mental illness.

Iggy

Two of my musical gods, David Bowie and Brian Eno, had avatars at one point, and Eno did a multimedia installation. Alas. The gods have left us bereft and alone. Here's a bit of Eno for the moment:

"Chop and change to cut the corners
Sharp as razors, shiny razors
Stranded on a world that's dying
Never moving, hardly trying

I was just a broken head
I stole the world that others plundered
Now I stumble through the garbage
Slide and tumble, slide and stumble"

long time gone

There used to be a place called Mill Pond, and for a week or so , there was a fellow there on voice who claimed to be actor William Hurt. Sounded like him but I really have no idea, considering. Just my random moment from SL history.

Adeon Writer

I use Second Life ironically. You wouldn't get it.

Vivienne Daguerre

Back in 2007 George R.R. Martin made an avatar to look like Tyrion Lannister and came in world to do a reading event, hosted by his publisher who at that time had an inworld presence (Bantam). Here is the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYonVhBqh1Q

melponeme_k

William Hurt? Cool.

AJ needs therapy or to leave SL for good. Talk about bitterness, someone took SL too seriously at one point.

Pussycat Catnap

SL would be an ideal place for a celebrity to get out and socialize with 'normal people' WITHOUT having the baggage of their celebrity identity get in the way. A place you could just 'be yourself'.

So there's probably more than those 2, but the others aren't outing themselves.

ufo3d

Nice work!

Kat Alderson

Mike Stackpole is still holding weekly office hours for authors and aspiring writers on a (mostly) weekly basis. When he cannot make it, Robert E. Vardeman (who also writes under the names Karl Lassiter and Jackson Lowry) fills in. Bob also comes in most weeks, and has done some RFLofSL fundraising.

In 2014, Mike brought Diana Gabaldon in world to do a reading for RFLofSL, and a few years before, he brought in Phil Plait for a special event.

Sahil Kumar

This is amazing!! Absolutely praise-worthy! Great job

Ikarus 3D

Best in class

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