According to the BBC, a 43 year old woman playing Maplestory was divorced in-game by her in-game husband. So, she got his username and password and then made his character commit virtual suicide.
"I was suddenly divorced, without a word of warning. That made me so angry,"
This one definitely gets filed under "Visits from the Fucked Up Fairy". Pretty funny for revenge tactics, but also quite worrisome and extreme. Actually, it's not worrying as much as it is disturbing. She is 43 years old and threw a fit over not having a game go her way so she felt the need to take action. This is an excellent example of people lacking the capability to separate reality from gaming. Real from Virtual. Good from Bad. Cool from Uncool.
The South Korean Fair Trade Commission has fined Nexon over violations of the Electronic Commerce Act in its popular games MapleStory and Bubble Fighter.
FIFA Online 4 and FIFA Mobile drive strong growth in Korea but MapleStory stumbles heading into its 20th anniversary.
This is great news, Blue Archive is one of the best mobile games imho, perfect for short bursts.
""MapleStory", the popular free-to-play global MMORPG from Nexon, has today announced that the second On Air update, “An Absolute Unit,” is now live." - Nexon.
I'd like to give her a virtual dutch oven.