For the girls, the fairy pictures were probably just fantasy play, which they did not literally believe in.
The evidence already showed that "this is all fantasy role play, " defense attorney Robert Baum said outside court.
The FBI said 21 of the 24 exchanging emails and chats were engaging in "fantasy role play, " Ms. Gatto said.
What really got us excited is that thirty-five million people play fantasy sports every year.
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"I have a world in my mind, " Valle wrote in an e-mail to one fantasy role-play partner.
The 24 million Americans who play fantasy football help with that popularity.
All those folks who play fantasy sports on their computers, need that statistical data on which to base their team selections.
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However, American gamers do play fantasy-based role-playing games, and they have also read many books, seen many movies related to this genre.
Valle, whose attorneys argued in court that his online conversations were the product of "fantasy role-play, " was convicted in March of conspiracy to kidnap and accessing a law enforcement database illegally.
For those of you who play fantasy football ( it is estimated that there are more than 27 million of us), who are also in some kind of leadership position, what other lessons do you see that are applicable for both environments?
The play between fantasy and realism is what gives the film its special look.
Those fans who play in fantasy leagues or wager on the games will be especially upset.
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To fill its future trading ranks, the bank selects 1, 200 applicants to play "Fantasy Futures" right from their college dorms.
When I think about my own stay-at-home-partner fantasy I sometimes wonder how it would play out.
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The plans include show exhibition and performance spaces, learning and creative play areas, a "fantasy library", cafe and shop.
A. and stints as a media analyst at CIBC and a digital buyer at NBC--he told his fantasy buddies that he could no longer play for cash thanks to the NFL's strict gambling rules.
For example, in many states, courts will find play-for-cash fantasy games to be illegal if they are found to involve more chance than skill. ( For a discussion of some states that take an even more restrictive view, see here).
"Although, like anything else, they're a toy company, they're selling a fantasy figure, a doll for kids to play with, " he said.
If it all goes up, CityCenter will represent a gaudy new take on urban renewal, a climate-controlled fantasy land where the well-heeled can sleep, shop and play without dirtying themselves with outsiders.
This is jarring and stupid and should never be done in any sort of video game (save those played on Facebook) and any game developer who thinks that placing Twitter share buttons in the middle of their dark fantasy RPG is a good idea should think again why it is we play games in the first place.
For fans of former Busted and Fightstar frontman Charlie Simpson, the chance to have the pop-punk hunk play a private gig in your living room may be the ultimate fantasy.
If it all goes up, CityCenter will represent a gaudy new take on urban renewal, a climate-controlled fantasy land where the well-heeled can sleep, dine, shop and play without dirtying themselves with outsiders.
Best-selling science-fiction and fantasy author Neal Stephenson, the co-founder of games company Subutai Corporation, wants Clang to bring as much depth to fantasy hand-to-hand combat as is currently enjoyed by those who play first-person shooters.
So could seeing violence in a video game be a positive developmental opportunity for children, in that they are free to play out any aggression, taking part of something that they realize is a fantasy world and not reality?
The convoluted fantasy "Die Feen" ("The Fairies, " 1834), based on a play by Carlo Gozzi, follows in the romantic footsteps of Carl Maria von Weber and Heinrich Marschner.
Thousands of giant online fantasy worlds are populated by real people interacting virtually, often representing themselves with animated characters in a blend of game play and chat.
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