Based on Left Behind, the bestselling Christian fantasy book series created by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, it puts players in command of brainwashed legions fighting for Christianity. Players are ordered to convert or kill to advance to the next level and remodel America as a Christian-controlled state, and establish its world vision of Christ’s dominion.

Oh boy! I killed an Atheist. That's 2 points!

Christian Video Game is a Force for Evil

"A government economist has shed additional light on the U.S. congressional investigation into how tax law affects virtual economies."

“I’m really here wearing two hats. On the one hand I am a congressional staffer. But I’m also the Night Elf priest who works for Congress,” Miller told the State of Play/Terra Nova symposium at the New York Law School on Saturday."

Is it just me, or does it seem that since we've achieved a democratic majority, everybody's going tax happy? Internet sales, virtual goods, your tax shelter is no longer safe!

Details Emerge on U.S. Virtual World Tax Probe

"News wire service Reuters has added its name to a growing number of top shelf real businesses that are setting up shop in the fast growing online fantasy world creation of Linden Lab called Second Life. Reuters is setting up a virtual news bureau, that will report on the events that happen in Second Life as well as the real world, events that sometimes intersect both sets of realities."

Just when you thought you ALREADY heard too much news about Second Life, enter Reuters! This should actually prove to be rather interesting. Year by year, there seems to be more and more to cover within SL. I just hope the grid isn't going to be crawling with virtual reporters. So when is Industrial Memetics getting it's virtual corporate office?

Reuters Gets a Second Life

It's a great game and a really good training tool that creates conditions for learning, teaches strategic thinking and tactical thinking, and it's got really cool weapons, but ethical issues loom. You don't see the day-to-day boredom, you don't see broken legs and equipment failure. You don't see that the military is mostly grunts and only the grunts on the ground die.

Army Game Proves U.S. Can't Lose