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Official Google Blog: Lively no more

Less than six months after launch, Google is pulling the plug on its Lively.com virtual world. As Second Life also begins to feel the strain on its linden dollars, it seems that even the virtual economy is feeling the crunch.

Link: Official Google Blog: Lively no more

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Iain Simons writes, talks and tweets about videogames and technology. His new book, Play Britannia, is to be published in 2009. He is the director of the GameCity festival at Nottingham Trent University.

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