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Keyword: computergames

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  • Did Game Play Role in Suicide?

    04/03/2002 9:16:16 AM PST · by Jean S · 64 replies · 522+ views
    Wired News ^ | 4/3/02 | Andy Patrizio
    <p>EverQuest players often joke about the addictive nature of the game -- often referring to it as "EverCrack" -- but for 21-year-old Shawn Woolley the game became deadly serious, and his mother is preparing to sue Sony Online Entertainment over his suicide.</p>
  • Game publicity plan raises grave concerns [Advertising on gravestones]

    03/18/2002 10:34:01 PM PST · by Drew68 · 4 replies · 223+ views
    Guardian Unlimited ^ | Friday March 15, 2002 | Mark Oliver
    Game publicity plan raises grave concerns Mark Oliver Friday March 15, 2002 A gravestone with advertising billboard.   A computer games firm has been accused of pushing back the frontiers of bad taste after it announced that it was seeking to advertise its latest title on gravestones. Acclaim Entertainment said yesterday that it would pay relatives of the recently bereaved in return for placing small billboards on headstones, and that the offer might "particularly interest poorer families". The Church of England said that there was no way it would allow any of its graveyards to be used in such a...