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The digital denizens of Second Life could be forgiven for thinking they were in the wrong world last Sunday.
For about two hours, the virtual landscape of Second Life filled with golden rings and the distinctive two-tone ding of Sega’s popular Sonic the Hedgehog games. The rings’ listed creator was the fictional “Dr. Robotnik,” a character from the Sonic games. However, the deluge of rings was not some form of cross promotion, but a viral attack of self-replicating objects, known less than affectionately as “grey goo.”