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Why I hate RMT or buying gold

Posted in Gaming, MMORPG, tagged , , , , , , on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Many articles regarding RMT talk about scammers, illegal business practices, exploitation and disruptive in-game advertising and behavior.  While these many be true, they are only symptoms and not a root cause.
I understand all the reasons that support RMT.  At the core, RMT is simply an aspect of the real world market economy.  You are hiring [...]

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Videogame addiction scares me

Posted in Gaming, MMORPG, tagged , , , on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Another gamer has suffered a major health trauma after a marathon MMORPG session.  A 15-year old boy collapsed and went into convulsions after 24 straight hours of World of Warcraft.  This is only the latest in a growing problem of videogame addiction.  Some researchers have actually called WoW “the most dangerous game on the market” [...]

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I’m still alive and having a great time in Peru!

Posted in peru, tagged , , , , on December 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »

It’s been a long while since I wrote anything on this blog.  It’s been just as long since I last logged into any virtual worlds at all!  Considering how crazy addicted I’ve been to MMORPG’s over the last many years, it’s been a huge surprise to me that I don’t feel any compulsion to play [...]

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