Raking Muck In The Sims Online

Posted by simoniker on Saturday December 13, 2003 @11:52AM from the extra-extra-read-all-about-it dept.

Dr. Spork writes "According to a Salon article [ad click-thru required], after launching a newspaper website chronicling tawdry dealings in the Sims Online city of Alphaville, Peter Ludlow, a professor of philosophy at the University Of Michigan, had his Sims Online account terminated by EA/Maxis, the company behind the service. 'Censorship', charges Ludlow, who has exposed dealings such as underage cyber-prostitution and extortion of simoleans (the Sims currency, exchangable on eBay for real-life money)."

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Great! by EvilSporkMan · 2003-12-13 14:29 · Score: 2, Informative

Probably the exchange of cybersex for cybermoney...

(Damn these buzzwords!!!)

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Re:summary by Anonymous Coward · 2003-12-13 19:37 · Score: 1, Informative

He was talking about real life, RTFA.