Posts Tagged ‘internet’

For the Loss: A look at cheating on Xbox LIVE!

By Dale • Apr 2nd, 2008 • Category: Weekly Feature

There is, perhaps, nothing more frowned upon than cheating. Do it, and you risk getting caught; get caught, and you carry the stigma of cheating for the rest of your life. Especially in the gaming world, there is no greater crime. Even today, you can find yourself on the wrong end of a knife or a gun depending on who you burn and just how savagely you do it. When it comes to cheating on Xbox LIVE!, however, just exactly how is punishment dealt to an anonymous cheater living a thousand miles away, or more? With the right tools and a level of persistence reserved for the disturbingly obsessed, no one is truly anonymous; but for those of us in possession of more rational faculties, justice may never really be served. Therefore, we rely on a higher power: Microsoft.



Games and the Art of Social Engineering

By Dale • Nov 12th, 2007 • Category: Weekly Feature

You can get people do some pretty strange things when it comes to playing games. I can’t imagine anyone who would consider tagging images to be “fun” — even when tagging my own images for personal use, it gets boring rather quickly. Yet, when placed within the context of a game, suddenly, these boring chores become fun. You almost have to wonder, what other kinds of things can you get someone to do in the name of fun and entertainment?