Apparently I'm playing the wrong games, because though I'm finding it difficult to make a million in the real world, perhaps I should invest some time in playing Second Life instead, because a woman by the name of Anshe Chung is the first millionaire in the game - all it took was a $9.95 investment and two years.

From the article:

It may be hard to believe, but apparently, the virtual world Second Life has produced its first millionaire.

According to a press release from Second Life real estate mogul Anshe Chung, also known by her real-world name, Ailin Graef, an initial $9.95 investment into an account in the virtual world has now been parlayed into a million dollars' worth of in-world assets and currency.

"Anshe Chung's achievement is all the more remarkable because the fortune was developed over a period of two and a half years from an initial investment of $9.95 for a Second Life," Graef wrote on her Web site. "Anshe/Ailin achieved her fortune by beginning with small-scale purchases of virtual real estate which she then subdivided and developed with landscaping and themed architectural builds for rental and resale."

Read the full article over at news.com.com