Given falling sales of print books, this push may be less fantasy, more necessity.

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"Social games will become less about fantasy and more about tapping into real-life trends, " predicts de Halleux The EA executive talks about the possibilities of creating more of these "online-offline loops" in social games that take advantage of big events like holidays or player interests like sports.

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Humans may never have the ability to change into the Incredible Hulk when angry, but donning one of these may soon make the robotic gear in scenes from Alien and Iron Man seem less like science fiction fantasy and more like a new world of enhanced abilities for everyone.

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Fantasy golf is a niche game, with less than one-tenth the number participants as fantasy football.

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What you might actually do with this water-consumption info is sort of a mystery, but I suppose sharing it with friends is no less ridiculous than pontificating over your fantasy football results.

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We need more like this, both in fantasy and in RPG video games, and less Tolkien imitation please.

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Down the other, slightly less-morbid, path: a Lord of the Rings-style fantasy world with monsters and hobbits.

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Equally interesting is a separate, though related, piece of news, but which has gained far less attention: the league is directing its 32 clubs to display real-time fantasy football statistics at all games during 2011 season.

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