Lore Sjöberg is a witty man. The Wired News writer can pull off a clever WoW parody and gives a respectable conference report.

Virtual world Second Life has hosted a few tech luminaries before, including sci-fi author Cory Doctorow and progressive IP lawyer Larry Lessig. MAKE Magazine blogger Phil Torrone and vlogger Amanda Congdon have tooled around in it too.

Valleywag conference correspondent ConFonz pops in from this week's Game Developers Convention in San Jose, where the future's cloudy and the strippers are far away.

The ConFonz calls in from 2K Games and sets a few records straight — like whether the gaming gene is dominant.

The latest ConFonz update leads right into an afterparty gossipfest. Continuing from where he left off:

Valleywag's conference-going correspondent — or ConFonz, the name he's adopted for protection and lucrative merchandising ops — sends a multi-part report from the SF-hosted Game Marketing Conference. Why does ConFonz always get pushed out by dermatologists or dowagers?

Another corporate event report from another unfortunate attendee; this poor writer's pain is our glee. Here's the scoop from a Sony fest from San Fran's Beat neighborhood.