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A few recent articles:
The Nerd Auteurs: A video slide show
By Michael Agger
Posted Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2007, at 12:10 PM ET

Over the past 24 hours, I have seen a night elf and a dwarf compete in a “dance-off.” I have seen an Arab guerilla force overwhelm American soldiers in an Iraq-like setting. I have seen Princess […]

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The Ghost of Gaming Rip-Offs Past
By Lore Sjöberg
02:00 AM Mar, 15, 2006
“Walking past the impressive collection of wrinkled mechanical gypsy fortunetellers and cavorting wooden barbershop quartets, I had a sudden feeling of familiarity.”

Leave It to the Imagination
By Tony Long
02:00 AM Feb, 15, 2007
“The American International Toy Fair wrapped up in Manhattan this week. Times have […]

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So. Here we are in Second Life. I’ve been in this sandbox thing a total of, oh, 2 minutes and I’ve managed to give myself the body of a man and a woman. I have facial hair, a horrible hat, and an alarmingly large chest. On top of this, people keep appearing out of thin […]

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