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Agent Smith invades online games: Agent Smith invades online gamesThat's just sillyWhy would you waste the resources on an online game. That is for the game makers to resolve.That is a good question about true virtual reality. I would say no since it isn't physical. Hopefully, there would be someway to turn...; Tags: Games, Just like money, game, Abba, online game, Agent Smith, Tad Williams, agent; Discussion threads 2005-08-23
Agent Smith invades online games: A Chinese exchange student was recently arrested in Japan for using software bots to rob characters in the Lineage II online computer game. This is a novel problem, and begs the question: what kind of penalty should be meted out for virtual thuggery? It's not like anyone REALLY ended up...; Tags: bot, game, online game, Tad Williams; Blog posts 2005-08-22

Visions of a virtual reality future: Visions of a virtual reality futureIf everyone remained in the virtual world...... the games would soon run out of new players, and then, gradually, experienced players.With profits depending upon a supply of new players - and the ability of all players to pay bills - I think there'd be lengthy...; Tags: vision, real world, virtual world, virtual reality, Aristotle, nanotechnology; Discussion threads 2006-09-12
Visions of a virtual reality future: Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games MMOs have been in the news of late. A recent article on MSNBC discusses World of Warcraft, an online universe with 7 million subscription-paying virtual citizens. In many ways, the virtual world mimics the real world. In the real world,...; Tags: real world, MMO; Blog posts 2006-09-12
Shure E4g: When we reviewed the Shure E4c headphones in 2005, we called them the best in-ear headphones we'd ever heard. Perhaps we should have added the caveat that they were best semiaffordable in-ear headphones we'd heard, because there are even higher-end premium 'buds out there, such as Shure's own E5c--but we...; Tags: E4g, headphone, Shure, E4cs; Product reviews 2006-03-09