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Virtual Taxes
CNET has posted an interesting article discussing whether acquisition of virtual assets from a massively multiplayer game could be taxed by the IRS. ...
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Sick Of Healing
I’m not going to play a healer again. We, as a people, sue hospitals. The degree of stupidity necessary for such an action ...
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One Night In Arathi
Cooperation comes in many different forms. In virtual worlds, it most often takes the shape of the five-man quest parties formed in World ...
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To Be The Hero
There is a picture of me in one of my mum’s meticulously dated photo albums wearing a Spider-Man mask on December 25th, 1980, ...
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Comrades in Cheap
Appearances can be deceiving. This is especially true on the internet, of course; there are plenty of decent-seeming people lurking in the network ...
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Ask Not What Your Game Can Do For You…
A History Of CommunitiesGamers exist in communities. Whether we’re grouped by the faction we’re a part of, the server we play on, the ...
Letters to the Editor
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To the Editor: I read your latest issue, “Walton’s World,” and was amazed and impressed by the level of empathy and understanding it ...
Editor's Note
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Last week, The Escapist discussed one of the darker spots of gaming – addiction. We discussed what happens, why it happens and even ...
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Child’s Play: The Tai Chi Approach
Like early explorers, Jerry “Tycho Brahe” Holkins and Mike “Jonathan Gabriel/Gabe” Krahulik hacked their way into the heart of darkness at the core ...
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One Platform to Rule Them All
There’s an interview with Yuji Horii up at Eurogamer regarding the impending localized release of Dragon Quest VIII. The article is a good ...