Michelle Mucker

Rooster Teeth comics site: http://rvb.roosterteeth.com/home.php

RvB
As Andy mentioned the first class, clips from the DVDs are available on youtube.

Also, found this article early last year but wasn't able to do much with it in Architecture studio, although I am a big proponent of "building" the virtual world, as a real-time experiment connected to somewhat realistic (or entirely fantastic) personalities, not as a new past-time, entertainment or social networking.

Electric Sheep, Androids, and Second-Life
"We're building an experimental space in 'Second Life' to look at ways a 3D environment can be used to do real work..."
url: http://www.news.com/Second+Life+dreams+of+Electric+Sheep/2100-1043_3-6056759.html

The possibilities are endless...

Also see.... www.virtualsuburbia.com for a blog on architecture in Second-Life.