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Would you be jeal­ous if your spouse started smooching other peo­ple — in an com­puter game?
“For some play­ers of Second Life, a mas­sive multi-​​player online role-​​playing game, such vir­tual infi­delity is a step too far,” the BBC says. “So to keep an eye on their loved ones, some spouses are pay­ing real money to in-​​game detec­tives, to snoop on the char­ac­ter… used by their real world part­ner.” (via Geek Press)
THERE’S MORE: Wagner James Au’s orig­i­nal story, which inspired the BBC piece, is here. Clive has some thoughts on cybercheat­ing, too.
AND MORE: The Washington Post has a long fea­ture today on the Army’s new breed of inter­ac­tive train­ing. “This is a sim of judg­ment calls. There is no right or wrong answer.”

April 13th, 2005 | Cops and Robbers | Comments Off Both comments and pings are currently closed.