so, i think i agree with the black hole sentiment.

how many .ru domains are there that make a living (both legal and illegal) off search results? how many "fake news" sites are there that originate in russia? how many email spammers live in russia? how many apps in the google play store originate in russia?

if suddenly nobody can find any product or service that has an ip address in russia? if all of a sudden the largest email provider (currently with a billion users) blocks everything from russia? what happens if all of a sudden all the android phones (66% of the worldwide marketshare) suddenly stop working with russia-originating software?

it's pretty terrifying, personally, to think about the massive power google wields. especially for a nation that relies so heavily on spreading internet propaganda.

right.

there are really two kinds of mmos -- worldly and diku-based. in the worldly games, like eve or runescape or uo, there's enough emergent player behavior that you could farm some interesting tv show plots from it.

for example, you're right that in eve, there's lots of espionage fodder: http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=527

i mean, remember. they're really just looking for content seeds based on in-game happenings. and a short-form tv show is just the place to explore a sort of anthology based on player-created content.

m3mnoch.