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Richard Bartle: Gamers have won the battle against the censors | Technology | guardian.... - 0 views

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    Half the UK population has grown up playing computer games. They aren't addicted, they aren't psychopathic killers, and they resent those boneheads - that's you - who imply that they are addicted and are psychopathic killers.
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Do prisoners need PlayStations? | Society | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    "most of the time that people spend in our prisons is wasted time - bang-up is the most abundant commodity in the prison system. So the prison service has to provide some means of helping the thousands it confines not to go mad - or worse, to become uncon
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Video games degrees: 95% fail to hit skills target | higher news | EducationGuardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Industry needs skilled gaming professionals. Perhaps community college is the place to focus on skillsets.
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Rockstar wins Manhunt 2 battle | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    "The makers of a video game which was outlawed for being "sadistic, brutal and bleak" have finally had the ban lifted after an extended legal battle." Isn't there enough chaotic evil in teh world?
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Game review: Free Realms for PC | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Tiered membership means you'll come across items and quests only available if you sign up, but even so, this game has more than enough quality free play experiences to keep you entertained.
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What can we learn from a video game based on Dante's Inferno? | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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    "The Dante here is no poet but a crusader - and a bloodbath ensues"
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Charlie Brooker: why I love video games | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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    "Don't play video games yet? Then it's time to get with the program - just try not to jab the console too hard"
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Why playing in the virtual world has an awful lot to teach children | Technology | The ... - 0 views

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    "A YouGov poll has suggested that computer games can damage children's ability to communicate, but Tom Chatfield argues that gaming imparts a range of new, vitally important skills"
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Richard A. Bartle: Early MUD History - 0 views

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    "The very first MUD was written by Roy Trubshaw in MACRO-10 (the machine code for DECsystem-10's). Date-wise, it was Autumn 1978. The game was originally little more than a series of inter-connected locations where you could move and chat."
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GTA IV: A masterpiece | Comment is free | The Guardian - 0 views

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    GTA IV is its latest incarnation. In its first week of release, it made around $500m. It's been rightly, and widely, proclaimed a masterpiece. And it is - at least technically. As far as the script and storyline goes
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