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The opinion in the first major video game case was written in 2001 by Judge Richard A. Posner of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In blocking an Indianapolis ordinance that would have regulated public game arcades, he wrote that exposure to imaginary violence — whether in “The Odyssey,” “War and Peace” or Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 — can play an important role in the development of a child’s moral, social and political outlook. -
1voteTwo researchers at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln have completed a study on “deception in cyberspace,” and they’ve hit on something pretty interesting: In text-based chat rooms, people who are lying generally get anxious. But in virtual worlds that let people create avatars, that edginess seems to fade away. “This suggests that ‘wearing a mask’ in cyberspace may reduce anxiety in deceiving others,” the researchers conclude.
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1voteThis year, due to the opening up of FB, calls from parents complaining about their children's future roommates are coming all too frequently. In many instances, parents want their children separated from roommates whose profiles show them drinking or partying. However, according to one housing official, parents’ chief concerns are potential roommates’ race, religion, and sexual orientation.
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1voteMedia Predict amounts to a virtual stock market for manuscripts, television pilots, rock bands and the like. Traders with the equivalent of $5,000 in fantasy cash buy shares in the material they believe in. Whatever rises on this prediction market ought in theory to be the things entertainment moguls should buy and back.
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