http://www.metafilter.com/tags/syntheticworlds Posts tagged with 'syntheticworlds' at MetaFilter. Sun, 14 May 2006 10:37:26 -0800 Sun, 14 May 2006 10:37:26 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/51605/Keep%2Dyour%2Dfriends%2Dclose <a href="http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&amp;threadID=172529&amp;page=1">A little over a year ago, the Guiding Hand Social Club issued a stunning press release</a> - after months of infiltration and planning they had fulfilled an assassination contract on the CEO of a major corporation and ransacked the corporation's hangers, stealing almost 20 billion ISK, worth over $16,000 USD at the time. See PCGamer's excellent detailed description of the event: pages <a href="http://eve.klaki.net/heist/page-1.jpg">1</a>, <a href="http://eve.klaki.net/heist/page-2.jpg">2</a>, <a href="http://eve.klaki.net/heist/page-3.jpg">3</a>, <a href="http://eve.klaki.net/heist/page-4.jpg">4</a>. As <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0226096262/metafilter-20/ref=nosim/">synthetic</a> worlds like <a href="http://eve-online.com/">Eve-Online</a> and <a href="http://worldofwarcraft.com/">World of Warcraft</a> gain popularity, what should we make of this kind of behavior? <a href="http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=172756">Eve's own players respond</a>. Also, a <a href="http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/19/23">response with a little more perspective</a>. And what's going to happen <a href="http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/January-February-2006/feature_dibbell_janfeb06.msp">when the IRS catches on</a>? tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.51605 Sun, 14 May 2006 10:37:26 -0800 assassination eve-online games mmog mmorpg multiplayer syntheticworlds virtualworlds heresiarch