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Live Disruption

“Actual game experience may change during online play.” If you’re playing videogames on Microsoft’s Xbox Live online gaming service, you should be quite ...
By Dean Takahashi Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2006
Get Off Of My Cloud

iMob

On June 1, 2006, The New York Times reported on a Chinese phenomenon called “internet hunting.” A husband, who believed his wife was ...
By Matthew Hector Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2006
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My Second Job

7:00 a.m.My alarm clock just went off. I don’t particularly enjoy the morning, but I still wander over to my computer and take ...
By Whitney Butts Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2006
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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
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You Got Your Race In My Videogame

This story begins at a low-key birthday party of a good friend of mine. Rather than opt for a decadent college bacchanal, she ...
By Pat Miller Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2006
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