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Laura Genender Legacy Author
Laura Genender Legacy Author
    Get Off Of My Cloud

    There Goes the Neighborhood

    I remember the first time I loaded up Lineage, my first massively multiplayer online game. It was one of the turning points in ...
    By Laura Genender Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2006
    Where There's a Whip

    Drudgery

    It’s 6:14 p.m. on a Monday. I have a fully stocked freezer, a bag of Doritos and a wide open evening ahead of ...
    By Laura Genender Legacy AuthorJuly 4, 2006
    Girl Power 2

    Flippage

    He was from Quebec, Canada; she was a thousand miles away in Fort Worth, Texas. Yet, in the world of Lineage, they were ...
    By Laura Genender Legacy AuthorJune 20, 2006
    I Can Stop Playing Whenever I Want

    A Junkie in the Desert

    Ladies and gentlemen, readers and fellow writers: I have an admission to make. I am a recovering A Tale in the Desert (ATITD) ...
    By Laura Genender Legacy AuthorJanuary 10, 2006
    Griefer Nation

    Griefing for the Greater Good

    A Tale in the Desert’s (ATITD) legal system is an in-depth, flexible tool that allows players to create laws and affect the game. ...
    By Laura Genender Legacy AuthorNovember 15, 2005
    Join or Die

    Guilds: What’s in it for Me?

    Though many games are grouped into the Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) genre, time has seen a broadening of the spectrum as games ...
    By Laura Genender Legacy AuthorSeptember 13, 2005
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