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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-10-08]: Hackers have massacred all the virtual characters in some of online adventure game World of Warcraft's major cities. They appear to have created a character able to destroy those of other players and those controlled by the game. Piles of dead virtual characters filled the hills of the virtual world. [source: BBC News] When the lives of people are becoming more and more virtual, a death in the Internet is more like a real death…(c) Philosophy WIRES - Commenting world news from philosophy's perspective...
