Chapter 41. Multiplayer Online Games
Information in this chapter:
• The culture of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs)
• MMORPG data as evidence
Online gaming today is now the most popular form of gaming in the world. With the advent of high-speed Internet, it became possible for online gaming to really take off as a genre, and today tens of millions of people play games such as World of Warcraft, Everquest 2, The Sims Online, and Second Life. Console gaming units like the Xbox and PlayStation platforms now have online capability so that people can play together online. Where games like this exist, evidence also exists that can be used in investigations and legal actions.
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Multiplayer Games, MMORPG, Game Evidence, World ...
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