Oh come on! How can you read that title and not laugh? On Monday, CNET interviewed Ailin Graef about her business in the Second Life universe, and near the very beginning of the interview it was attacked by flying penises. It sucks that Graef didn't get to talk about her business and her findings without interruption, but hopefully the interview still happened and the attacking penises weren't due to the fact she was a woman, but rather just because griefers are jerks.

From the article:

CNet’s Daniel Terdiman reports that an in-game interview he was conducting with a well-to-do Second Life purveyor of virtual real estate was interrupted by a griefer who launched a disruptive flying penis attack.

Terdiman’s account raises all sorts of issues about the manipulation of in-game economies and social interactions in the virtual world. From the article:

On Monday, Graef visited CNET’s Second Life bureau for a discussion about her business, how best to set up businesses in Second Life and the nature of competition there.

Unfortunately, as the interview was commencing, the event was attacked by a “griefer,” someone intent on disrupting the proceedings. The griefer managed to assault the CNET theater for 15 minutes with–well, there’s no way to say this delicately–animated flying penises.

…the interview was attacked again, and the protester even managed to crash the entire server on which Chung’s theater is held.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com