![]() ![]() But for nearly a year and a half, DopeWars has been on CNET's list of the top 10 programs that can be downloaded for the Palm. Since DopeWars for the Palm was released in February 1999, more than 180,000 people have downloaded it free from is impossible to say how many people have the game because other sites have offered it and many users pass games along by beaming them through the Palm's infrared ports. She admits that she gets strange looks from the other passengers on her bus when she discusses her virtual drug deals with friends. Many people on Wall Street say they like to play the game, though few are willing to admit to it in print.Marlinda McPhail, a former employee of Wheelhouse, a marketing company in San Francisco, estimated that about a third of the people in her former office played the game. But that has not kept it from developing a following that includes business and financial professionals, for whom it combines the adrenaline of the trading floor, a vicarious Bonnie-and-Clyde lawlessness and the latest in mobile gadgetry. Like the earlier versions, DopeWars lets the player adopt the role of an urban drug dealer, buying and selling a wide array of narcotics.The game has come under fire from politicians and law enforcement officials for glamorizing violence and the drug trade, and it has been removed from some software sites. They're playing a game called DopeWars.DopeWars for the Palm is the latest incarnation in a series of drug-related computer games that emerged in the 1980's. ![]() THE person sitting next to you on the subway or train - the one who seems to be busily rearranging a business calendar on a hand-held computer - could very well be selling crack, buying Ecstasy and getting tips on heroin prices.Well, not for real. ![]()
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