Reminds me of this Wired article from years ago: The Unreal Estate Boom https://www.wired.com/2003/01/gaming-2/ https://www.wired.com/2003/01/gaming-2/ Not l

Reminds me of this Wired article from years ago: The Unreal Estate Boom https://www.wired.com/2003/01/gaming-2/ https://www.wired.com/2003/01/gaming-2/ Not long ago, a 43-year-old Wonder Bread deliveryman named John Dugger logged on to eBay and, as people sometimes do these days, bought himself a house. Not a shabby one, either. Nine rooms, three stories, rooftop patio, walls of solid stonework – it wasn't quite a castle, but it put to shame the modest redbrick ranch house Dugger came home to every weeknight after a long day stocking the supermarket shelves of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Excellent location, too; nestled at the foot of a quiet coastal hillside, the house was just a hike away from a quaint seaside village and a quick commute from two bustling cosmopolitan cities. It was perfect, in short, except for one detail: The house was imaginary.