Saturday, June 5, 2010

Police investigate Habbo Hotel virtual furniture theft

This article is about a recent heist in the online game Habbo- basically, a person/ group of people have been stealing items from other players, some people losing over $2000 worth of Habbo gear. While this isn't anything out of the ordinary with online gaming/ worlds, I found this interesting because Habbo seems like such a juvenile game- we imagine things like this happening in intense MMOs like World of Warcraft, and we can imagine people investing lots of money into sites like Match.com which promise a lifetime of love and happiness, but.... Habbo? It's not even as cool as Farmville, and I'm pretty sure is predominantly played by 12 year olds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10207486.stm


(Alyssa Keyes 26415307)

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