Meanwhile, Mike Lorrey’s participation in the Free Town Project took a backseat to a new venture—buying and selling real estate in the virtual reality “Second Life,” where, he claimed, he parlayed a $200 investment up to $250,000 in annual real-dollar revenues. But when Lorrey clashed with Linden Labs, the company that owns the Second Life platform, his account was eventually suspended and all of his “virtual real estate” was seized.
