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MMO Gaming - Virtually Too Real?
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."
Anybody see the movie Thirteenth Floor?
Watch it and then slaughter people in GTA:VC. kinda wierd if you think about it.
mattdev@server$ touch
cannot touch `/dev/genitals': Permission denied
And one quick follow up, slightly offtopic...
Alcohol could also be the reason Rocky III was overlooked by the Academy... I mean, it's got Rocky... What could be better? Oh wait, Apollo is there too... That not enough? Throw in Hulk Hogan (as Thunder Lips no less)! What more do you need?
Ok yer stubborn, hows bout Mr. T in his best cinematic role ever? Screw the academy...
(Found 'alcoholic' on the can, but I don't like that word...)