[FYI] MMO Gaming - Virtually Too Real?
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MMO Gaming - Virtually Too Real?
Posted by simoniker on Saturday February 28, @06:57AM from the
griefing-for-fun-and-profit dept.
bippy writes "The Rocky Mountain News has an article about the
evolving face of massively multiplayer online games. PC MMOGs have
fostered debates about free speech, made money for people and been
home to virtual and real crime. Or as the Rocky put it: 'In a time of
global terrorism, high crime rates and world hunger, the virtual
evils of a computer game are really trivial. But in a way, that's the
point: Why do even our games have to be subject to crime, no matter
how virtual?'" A spokesperson for Ultima Online comments on
Electronic Arts' view of virtual crime: "EA owns your gold, your
swords, your characters - they are all just digital bits. If your
entertainment is to destroy other peoples' entertainment, you're
going to be tossed."
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