January 2012
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$16,000 For A Fake Sword?!
“Age of Wulin,” an MMORPG set in ancient China, hasn’t even been released yet, but that isn’t stopping some people from parting with serious cash. A Chinese man recently spent $16,000 on a virtual sword for the game. Sound crazy? A study released earlier in the year valued the oft-controversial virtual economy for MMORPGs at $3 billion. It’s the dawn of a new era in...
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No Wikipedia, In Protest of PIPA & SOPA!
Google, Dark
Boing Boing 503: Service Unavailable
4chan Goes Dark In Protest of SOPA
Reddit Vows to Go Dark In SOPA/PIPA Protest
We reported a while back that Wikipedia was considering it… Now, Redditors are heeding the call to arms. In a blog post on Tuesday, the community news-sharing site announced that it will be shutting down normal operations on January 18 in protest of proposed legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA).
Reddit’s blackout is planned for 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST...
Cardboard Cops
During these dreary economic times, it pays to be frugal. So the police in China’s Jiangsu Province have come up with a clever ruse to keep traffic in check, while keeping the department’s overtime pay low: Cardboard cutouts, painted to mimic the rear-end of a squad car - perfectly proportionate in size. They even has solar powered red flashing lights to enhance the realistic feel. A...