Play As Life!
Play As Life, a new publication that looks at gaming as a form of play and play as a part of life, is now in beta-launch! (Currently in process of […]
Trading cyber money offline is illegal?
Of all countries, it angers me that Korea thinks offline trading of cyber money is illegal. According to the wire service Yonhap, a local court in Busan fined two 30-somethings […]
Korea allows research on human embryos, but Hwang Woo-suk doesn’t get to do it
Spurred by the Obama administration’s lift on a previous ban on human embryonic stem cell research in the United State, South Korea is also lifting its ban, the JoongAng Daily. […]
Breeding in Games and Morality
When you think of it in real life, breeding is a complicated thing that requires time, money, and in many cases, emotional involvement. Any effort made by human beings to […]
Government in Virtual Worlds
Is it ironic that the Internet is a free, open environment, close to anarchy when it comes to the governance of web sites, and yet the more successful ones tend […]
Hunting for brooches
During the past month, I lost two beloved Swarovski brooches– both at airports. One was a geometric cluster of three ovals, the other was kind of like a twig of […]
Boo…First Circuit says no to webcast
At JFB, we took a hard blow today (oh, it’s 3a.m. so that technically makes it yesterday) when the First Circuit said ‘no’ to internet in the courtroom. (Here’s a […]
Shii– the Wii for Women
A funny skit from the Belgian comedy M!LF… Because women, of course, love to keep house, give blowjobs, and talk on the phone… and we can never get enough practice.
D. Yvette Wohn 