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Hackers 'destroy' flight sim site (Obituaries)
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Flight simulator site Avsim has been "destroyed" by malicious hackers.
posted: 15/05/2009
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Willem Kolff Dies (Obituaries)
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Medical and prosthetic inventor Willem Kolff has died, at the age of 97. He officially retired 22 years ago, and unofficially retired 11 years ago, yet kept working on prosthetics until death caught up with him, on February 11, 2009.
posted: 14/02/2009
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Teen killed mother in Halo 3 row (Obituaries)
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A US teenager killed his mother and wounded his father in revenge after they took away his violent computer game, a judge has ruled.
posted: 14/01/2009
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Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90 (Obituaries)
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Arthur C Clarke died at 8pm GMT, yesterday. He died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka, of respiratory complications and heart failure.
posted: 20/03/2008
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Gary Gygax, Game Pioneer, Dies at 69 (Obituaries)
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Yesterday, Gary Gygax, pioneer of tabletop roleplay, and the man largely responsible for D&D, the fantasy ruleset that popularised roleplay and brought so many fantasies to life, passed away.
posted: 05/03/2008
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Electronic Arts kills Ultima X: Odyssey (Obituaries)
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Electronic Arts has killed another MMORPG, as they gather resources, and focus on expanding Ultima Online. The gameworld had been on track for a 2005 release, but there had been rumours fof development trouble for quite some time.
posted: 01/07/2004
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Earth & Beyond - rest in peace (Obituaries)
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Electronic Arts have announced that their MMORPG, Earth & Beyond will close its doors at the end of this year, citing that they need to focus their resources on future games. At the time of the closure, Earth & Beyond will have been open little over 12 months.
posted: 19/03/2004
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Uru falls from cyberspace (Obituaries)
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Uru Live, the great hope of Myst publishers Ubisoft Entertainment shut down, for good on Monday. The MMO version of
posted: 13/02/2004
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