links for 2007-04-18
April 18th, 2007 | by Tama |-
“Online games like World of Warcraft and Second Life are absolute dictatorships, where the whim of the companies controlling them is law. Doctorow wonders if it’s possible to create a game that’s a democracy, where your in-world property is really yours.”
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A gun-loving Virginia Tech student who was falsely idenitified as the VT shooter.More in The Age.
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“The college student responsible for yesterday’s Virginia Tech slaughter was referred last year to counseling after professors became concerned about the violent nature of his writings, as evidenced in a one-act play obtained by The Smoking Gun.”
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A teenage girl who posted a MySpace invitation including the line “let’s trash my house” has been questioned by police after revellers caused more than £20,000 to her parent’s home.
