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Title: "IT'S JUST A GAME".
Authors: D'ANASTASIO, CECILIA (AUTHOR)
Source: Wired. Jul/Aug2021, Vol. 29 Issue 7/8, p86-95. 10p. 2 Cartoon or Caricatures.
Subjects: Activists, Computer war games, Personality cults, Virtual communities
Abstract: In 2014, according to Ferguson, Malcolm watched HBO's Rome, which depicts the Roman Republic's violent (and apparently very raunchy) transformation into an empire. Ferguson and Malcolm had talked a talented Roblox architect into designing it. In that early group he was in with Malcolm - a role-play based on the sci-fi military game Wa/o - Ferguson proved his loyalty, drill after drill, lap after lap. FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY TOMA VAGNER ILLUSTRATION BY TOM A VAGNER FERGUSON, A MIDDLE SCHOOLER IN ONTARIO, CANADA, HAD BEEN TAPPING OUT THE SAME FOURLETTER SEQUENCE ON HIS KEYBOARD FOR HOURS. [Extracted from the article]
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Abstract:In 2014, according to Ferguson, Malcolm watched HBO's Rome, which depicts the Roman Republic's violent (and apparently very raunchy) transformation into an empire. Ferguson and Malcolm had talked a talented Roblox architect into designing it. In that early group he was in with Malcolm - a role-play based on the sci-fi military game Wa/o - Ferguson proved his loyalty, drill after drill, lap after lap. FEATURES ILLUSTRATION BY TOMA VAGNER ILLUSTRATION BY TOM A VAGNER FERGUSON, A MIDDLE SCHOOLER IN ONTARIO, CANADA, HAD BEEN TAPPING OUT THE SAME FOURLETTER SEQUENCE ON HIS KEYBOARD FOR HOURS. [Extracted from the article]
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