Virtually Nick Leeson

So the credit crunch has finally encroached on that last bastion of Geek safety: the virtual world.

Space trading game Eve Online has suffered a virtual version of the credit crunch.
One of the game's biggest financial institutions lost a significant chunk of its deposits as a huge theft started a run on the bank.

So now that the real world of financial insecurity is causing virtual theft and runs on banks that only exist in an imaginary universe what can Geeks do to protect themselves?

I for one am taking no more chances. My Monopoly fortune will be über-protected in this shiny LEGO safe:

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Build Your Own Adventure

It looks like LEGO are releasing a range of constructable adventure games. There's nothing on the web page yet but here are some scans from the LEGO Club Magazine:


from LEGO Club Magazine

A cute and clever way of porting younglings from LEGO to the world of Geek gaming? I will need to see more details before deciding, but that customisable dice may be worth the RRP alone.

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