We are led through a virtual life of sorts.

The game over screen says, "Get a virtual life, dude."

It's the idea that we now lead virtual lives.

Almost everyone on Veelox is in it, living out their own perfect virtual lives.

It was a virtual life, but how much did it differ from a real one?

People getting off the couch and back in touch with their bodies through sport will overcome the virtual life.

Second Life is an online website where users can live out their virtual lives.

The beauty of virtual life is that one doesn't actually need to preserve the physical hardware.

Launched in 2000, the game series - which has sold more than 140m copies - allows players to live a virtual life.

Though even there, he said, his virtual life as a rock god does not have to end.