This is a follow up to an earlier piece, in which I Toingtoinged! about two teenagers who were convicted of a virtual theft. British playwright William Congreve a character in his play “The Mourning Bride” one of the most known (and misquoted) lines: “Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury [...]
Posts Tagged ‘virtual rape’
Avatarcide in Maple World
Posted: by Rudy Nadler-Nir in Anthrodigital, Archetypes, Learning from others, Narratives, TheoriesTags: Dan Hunter, Gregory Lastowka, Julian Dibbell, LambdaMOO, Mapel World, Maplestory, MOO, MUD, MUD Object Oriented, Multiple User Dialogue, Multiple User Dimension, Multiple User Dungeon, The Mourning Bride, Virtual Crimes, virtual rape, William Congreve, woman scorned
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The deafening sound of virtual existence
Posted: by Rudy Nadler-Nir in Anthrodigital, ArchetypesTags: Adam Reuters, Habbo, Massively Multiplayer Online Game, MMOG, Second Life, Virtual existence, virtual rape
Here is a story, a propos virtual existence, my late granny used to tell (thanks to JG for reminding me): there was a poor tailor whose shop was next door to a very upscale French restaurant. Every day at lunch time, the tailor would go out the back of his shop and eat his black [...]