'City of Heroes' character 'Twixt' becomes game's most hated outcast courtesy of Loyola professor


	'City of Heroes' character 'Twixt' becomes game's most hated outcast courtesy of Loyola professor

ratilfar

7-7-2009 8:50 PM

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gaming, rpg, coh, internet, social, groups

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"If you aren't a member of the tribe, you get whacked with a stick," he said. "I look at social groups with dismay."

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