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  • simply having

    a homocidalthought of cliffrichard...not sure why

  • WTF

    Woman flushes baby

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7746292.stm

    at this point I'm speechless, but just showing I do still exist

  • Follow up

    Apparently the woman who's now engaged to the second life guy I mentioned said it was love at first sight....she was refering to his avatar, they've yet to meet. I'm not sure theres anything more to say to that

  • Well theres an option...

    I have to admit I do find this new second life story amusing

    http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article5151126.ece

    I mean I can see the point because mmo's are generally for people to escape into another life, be someone they aren't already, and this game in question is called 'second-life' which kind of implies to me that its well, a second life you can lead. So I'm not entirely sure dating someone with your character is immediately cheating, but its a very blurry line.
    Oddly, according to the story, the solicitor that was used commented it wasn't the first time second-life had been cited for a divorce THAT WEEK..

    Anyhoo maybe its about time I finally installed the copy I downloaded months ago..a new career could be gained from it - online detective.

  • Still busy

    But i found this story on 1up.com and don't think theres anything really more to add, other than the story itself.

    What would you do if you were killing time in prison for wire fraud? If you're Johnathan Lee Riches, you apparently spend it filing rambling third-party motions to unrelated court cases.

    WoW Insider is reporting that Riches has filed a third-party motion in the Blizzard vs. MDY Industries suit that was decided earlier this year. His claim? World of Warcraft was responsible for "causing [me] to live in a virtual universe, where [I] explored the landscape committing identity theft and fighting cybermonster rival hacker gangs."

    Apparently Riches is an old hand at this, because he made the same claims about Grand Theft Auto 4 when he sued Rockstar Games earlier this year. According to Virtually Blind, he's also taken the time to sue George Bush, Michael Vick, National Public Radio, Barry Bonds, Plato and the Eiffel Tower. At the very least, he gets major points for originality on that last.

    As for World of WarCraft, it may have turned his mind into "a living video game" and caused him "to commit fraud to buy video games," but it looks like this particular motion will be dismissed on procedural grounds. Maybe he should stick to suing monuments?

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