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Welcome to the Digital Age (Part 2)

Tae Kim

MapleStory

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Looking for ways to get back at your ex-lover for leaving you and breaking your heart into a thousand pieces?

You could ceremoniously burn all of their possessions in a giant bonfire. Or you could make a mini voodoo doll and torture it from the comfort of your own room. But those solutions are so 1990s… may I suggest a revenge tactic fit for our digital age?

How about a cold, ruthless murder of his or her virtual video game character?

That’s what, according to this article, a 43-year old Japanese piano teacher did when her online husband divorced her in “Maple Story“, an online role-playing game comparable to the popular game titled “Second Life“.

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