Social networking gets medieval


	Social networking gets medieval

arifsali

5-19-2008 10:23 PM

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5-19-2008 10:31 PM

ericskiff

Ha, I wonder what the medieval equivalent of "Zombies" was.

5-19-2008 10:50 PM

danrox77

what about the 'second life' equivalent?

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