[Click here to teleport to Duran Duran's island Azizi in Second Life]

Duran Duran's island in Second Life is now open as promised last week, and on a quick visit -- that's me above hovering, on the right -- it looks pretty cool: An island of four regions, there's a skyscraper the shape of lipstick, ski lifts and trams, and a traveling blimp bearing the band's Rio cover on the side. Created back in 2006, but never opened back then for mysterious reasons, you can indeed see signs of ancient (by Second Life standards) building styles. An even bigger mystery: No audio stream of Duran Duran music! But maybe that'll come later. In any case, after years of many fans waiting, the 80's pop band now has an official presence in Second Life. Which goes to show too: Empires of Apollo and Crete may fall, but unexpected things can still happen in an extraordinary world.