"Lives Lost and Found in Virtual Worlds"15 June 2002Factual75 mins
Around the world hundreds of thousands of people, most of them over the age of 20, spend a significant portion of their life in front of the screen. Socializing. Making friends. Chasing dragons. Getting armor. Meeting soulmates. they are willing to lose friends, family, and spouses to live a life "more real" than their own.
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