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Stephen Downes

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Wow. Hackers working inside the game managed to kill players and NPCs in a nuber of cities on World of Warcraft. "Imagine logging into your favorite MMO only to find that a previously populated capital city is a barren wasteland devoid of life," writes Massively's Justin Olivetti. "This actually happened yesterday to some denizens of World of Warcraft, as mischief-makers used an exploit to kill everyone -- human players and NPCs alike -- in the biggest cities." This is the sort of thing that goes down in digital history lore.

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