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Virtual Worlds
Google's new game with 3D world Lively

By Alaska Miller, 6:20 PM on Wed Sep 17 2008, 619 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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Has Google figured out that Lively, its decidedly unsexy virtual world, is no fun? The company is letting videogame developers use Lively as the basis for their games. Forget about rebuilding popular racy fare like Grand Theft Auto on Lively's platform, though — Google's chaste restrictions on sexual content will apply to derivative works. [Gamesindustry.biz]

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