Rik Riel, blogger and hoaxer extraordinaire gives us a wee update to the Quaker-made World of Peacecraft story:
“And now a little wrap-up after the silly Quaker MMORPG hoax I perpetuated over the couple of days.? For those I fooled and are miffed about it, my apologies.? It was only meant in good fun, I assure you. My intent was simply to riff on the announcement earlier this week of a new virtual world for Muslims, which was widely panned on the tech blogosphere.?
It was fascinating to see my post make its way around, from Gamepolitics to G4TV , The Escapist, ArsTechnica, and several more places on the Interwebs.?
Only one person saw fit to check my sources (which were made up) and comment on my blog about it. Another reporter IMed me to ask me straight out to ask me if it was a hoax, which I fessed up to immediately. At least one prominent tech news site editor was so put out he will no longer link to my posts. Oh well.”
I thought this was kind of funny although I can understand why some journalists would be a little miffed.? Just goes to show you we need to do our research huh? 
? So now can we all agree that we’ve been Rik Reiled? If you want to hear what Rik says about the whole thing, read his blog here.
[source: GamePolitics.com]
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