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Tourism & Insect Cruelty: Virtual Forbidden City

Written by Alec Meer on October 13, 2008.

Here’s a wonderful concept. Yeah, the execution’s pretty rock-bottom, but it doesn’t stop it from being a great idea. It’s The Forbidden City in China, presented as a free MMO, of sorts. No grinding the Terracotta army or hiding dragons here though - it’s strictly a tourism/educational toy. An Oriental Second Life with tour guides and no unicorn-humping, in a way.
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