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The Gaming Club

Taking a walk around campus, it seems like any other quiet New England boarding school: The ground is icy, and remnants of snowmen ...
By Chris Maire Legacy AuthorFebruary 28, 2006
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Groups ‘n’ Gamers

So many online communities have fragmented and rotted from the inside out that the empty houses and town halls of these binary townships ...
By Hitchhiker Legacy AuthorFebruary 28, 2006
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The Contrarian: Growing Out of the Stone Age

In my last column, I wrote about roleplaying at the tabletop and online, and how the latter experience falls short of the former. ...
By John Scott Tynes Legacy AuthorFebruary 28, 2006
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Anywhere, Anytime, Any Phone

I’m sipping a latte at Starbucks when an instant message arrives on my mobile phone. There’s a mobile game tournament starting soon with ...
By Max Steele Legacy AuthorFebruary 28, 2006
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After Sex

Where Is Sex?Sex is everywhere. It’s on our TV sets; it’s in our art; it’s on our minds. Sometimes, it’s even in our ...
By Bonnie Ruberg Legacy AuthorFebruary 28, 2006
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Anonymity is Not Enough

Boston, the Harvard Faculty Club, a snowy morning in February. About 30 technologists, encryption experts, academics and corporate execs, plus a handful of ...
By Mark Wallace Legacy AuthorFebruary 28, 2006
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Attack of the Parasites

Many online game “communities” feel like those housing subdivisions spreading around every American city like carcinomas on a pancreas. I live in one ...
By Allen Varney Legacy AuthorFebruary 28, 2006
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