Via TNC, Sebastian at ObWi talks about what it is like to learn that someone you have known only through online gaming has died, and wonders if it is odd.
All I can think about is the WoW Guild that crashed an online funeral for one of their guild mates who had died:
For those of you who have no idea what you are watching, you are watching one guild slaughter another guild on a pvp server as they had gathered to hold a remembrance for a lost friend.