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30 Jul 2010 21:00

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Tech: Space tourist payback: “Lord British” wins a major lawsuit

Richard “Lord British” Garriott, he of the legendary “Ultima” game franchise, was laid off just after returning to earth. Fortunately, a court agreed NCSoft screwed him. source
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05 Jan 2010 11:23

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Offbeat: Gamer spends too much money on item that isn’t real

  • $330,000 for virtual item source
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23 Aug 2009 13:11

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Tech: Level up: There’s a new Twitter RPG, “140 Blood,” floating around

140 Blood
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02 Jul 2009 12:14

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Tech: A virtual bank CEO on EVE Online is apparently a dirty criminal

  • 200 billion in EVE Online’s currency, interstellar kredits, was sold on the black market by player Ricdic, the CEO of the game’s EBank
  • $6,300 bucks the amount in Australian money Ricdic got for the scheme, which paid for a home deposit and some of his son’s medical bills source
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