Life
EVE Online and the first graveyard in gaming
Cyno vigils, floating corpses, solar system cemeteries and virtual acts of remembrance: in the deep space of this MMO, everyone can hear you mourn – and everyone benefits.
Matt Bassil
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Cicada 3301: the coders still working on the internet’s strangest mystery
When a post appeared on a message board in 2012, it sent a small corner of the internet spiralling into a conspiracy of whistleblowers, dead man’s switches and NSA surveillance. Eight years on, and Cicada 3301 has become a story of obsession, paranoia and, most improbably, community.
Life
Dying video games and the people who continue to play them
What is it like to play in a world designed for hundreds to inhabit at once, when it is now almost completely unpopulated?
Culture
The simulator players who are always on the job
Most people play video games as a form of escapism. For others, it’s an extension of their daily grind.
