Gaia Online will be featuring an in-game chat with Heroes creator Tim Kring as part of its ongoing celebrity chat series. For those not in the know, Heroes is entering its fourth season and centers around a group of...well, heroes of the super variety. Find out more about the chat below:

GAIA ONLINE JOINS FORCES WITH TIM KRING AND INVITES FANS TO UNLEASH THEIR INNER SUPERHERO

Heading into the Season 4 premiere of "Heroes," online hangout welcomes executive producer and creator to chat live with millions of teens and young adults

SAN JOSE, Calif. - September 14, 2009 - Calling all writers, comic book lovers and diehard superhero fans - Gaia Online, the world's most active online community of more than eight million users, is bringing one of the best minds in the TV business in-world. As part of Gaia Online's Celebrity Interview Series, Tim Kring, executive producer and creator of NBC's Emmy and Golden Globe nominated epic saga, "Heroes" will participate in a live webcast with Gaians on September 21 at 7 p.m. ET - an hour before the highly anticipated Season 4 Premiere of "Heroes."

During the event Kring will chat live with users, answering questions and sharing his wisdom, experience and superhuman tips with the Gaia Online community. At the conclusion of the event, five lucky participants will walk away with signed "Heroes" merchandise to commemorate the once-in-a-lifetime celebrity encounter.

The Tim Kring Celebrity Interview Series kicks off two weeks early on Monday, September 7 giving Gaians a chance to post questions for Kring in the Gaia Online forum and to snatch up the limited edition eclipse virtual item. During the one-hour main event on September 21, Kring will answer questions submitted during the pre-event in addition to chatting directly with fans about the "Heroes" series, which chronicles the lives of ordinary people with extraordinary abilities and the trials and tribulations of coping with and harnessing their powers.

"Gaia Online is full of so many cool, creative young adults, many of which remind me of myself at that age and who share my passion for writing and creating fiction," says Kring. "I'm excited to share my own journey and experience in the creative business and see what type of questions the users throw my way."

"Gaia Online users are passionate about the arts, entertainment and creative writing, often using our hangout as an outlet to express their own dreams and aspirations," says Craig Sherman, CEO, Gaia Online. "As part of our Celebrity Interview Series, we are thrilled to welcome Kring, a role-model and master of his craft, into the community to give users a glimpse of his wisdom and imaginative thinking."

Tim Kring's visit to Gaia Online is part of an ongoing Celebrity Interview Series that has already welcomed Meg Cabot, New York Times Bestselling author of Airhead, Michael Scott, Author of Nicholas Flamel series, and Nobuo Uematsu and Arnie Roth, Composers and Conductors of Final Fantasy in-world to hang out with users.

To learn more about Tim Kring or to get in on all the superhuman action, visit http://www.gaiaonline.com/timkring

What a great concept! I know I'll be there...MUST find out what's coming this season!