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In-game free speech

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From Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow:
The State of Play II conference on social issues in online gaming is underway, and Wired News has a report on a fascinating debate regarding free speech in gamespace:

Recently, in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game A Tale in the Desert, an uproar erupted after an in-game trader declared that he would not sell to women and then inquired whether one female character was for sale…

Wired …excerpt from: Boing Boing … Foton: Please let that stupid fucking story from that stupid fucking game die!!! These are not pressing moral dilemmas. Some guy was a douchebag and the drama queen “victim” should have told him to “fuck off” and let that be the end of it.

EVE Online: Expansion Pack

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“Developer CCP today announced that its upcoming EVE Online expansion, EVE Online: EXODUS, will be released worldwide on November 17th, 2004. Coming as a free downloadable upgrade, the expansion will include a number of new features,
” ……excerpt from: Game Gossip … Foton: You do see the beauty here, don’t you? The perfect Christmas gifts! Burn the download to a stack of CDs and wrap them up for the in-laws. Thank you Eve Online, for making my holidays that much brighter!

World of Unwashed Masses

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Having no interest in watching red and blue interactive maps all night — my involvement in the democratic process ended when I turned in my properly-punched and proofread ballot — I continued my campaign to badger an e-friend into turning over his World of Warcraft info.

I’m not waiting 48 hours, after paying $15 and change, just to game with the unwashed masses in The Next Big Thing. I’m not above gaming with the unwashed masses on someone else’s account while they’re on a lengthy vacation, however. That’s different … because it saved me $15 and change.

Here’s my e-review: the game’s great (at least to level 10), the MM of the MMORPG can all go to hell.

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