The thinking is that in-game trades of virtual items like swords are not taxable events, but in-game sales of items for virtual currency are taxable events.

FORBES: Taxing Virtual Worlds

Perhaps it is the fault of bookstores for pulling Fantasy and Sci-Fi into one category: I like both, but elves and magic swords don't exist, while the solar system and the stars do.

BBC: Newt's long shot at the Moon

Looking ahead to 2004, titles like the Puzzle Collection, Pacman, Pokemon Colosseum and The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords will take advantage of the ability to connect GameCubes to GameBoys.

BBC: Jo Twist

It's fun to see the Paramount logo and feel like you could start climbing that mountain, but after we've been poked and prodded by spears and swords, escaped falling masonry, admired heaving bosoms and plunged into icy depths, the novelty becomes a distraction.

CNN: Review: Exciting 'Beowulf' jumps off the screen