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Let the Games Begin.(World Cyber Games 2001)

Newsweek International

| December 24, 2001 | Dickey, Christopher; Scanlan, Marc; Lee, B. J. | COPYRIGHT 2001 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Row upon row of terminals fill the cavernous hall. This could be NASA's mission control in Houston, or a war room buried in a mountain somewhere near Washington, D.C., so intense are the cathode-illuminated faces, so passionate the life-and-death struggles played out on the screens. The terminals, and huge video displays overhead, show a vast empire spreading around the globe. Strategic positions are staked out in outer space. Terrorists square off against counterterrorists, and video gunmen scramble through labyrinthine alleys blasting evildoers to blood-soaked cyber-smithereens. And, oh yeah, there are a lot of soccer players, too.

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