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If ever someone personified Winston Churchill's famous phrase, "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma", it must be David Dunn, the 28-year-old North Olmsted waiter who perpetrated what may be the most baffling hoax to emerge from the rubble of September 11. Even now, several months after he first fooled Cleveland's daily newspaper and garnered worldwide attention, no one, perhaps not even he, can say for sure where the truth ends and the lies begin. His story has more skins than an onion and has produced just as many false tears.
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The success of Simutronics is due in no small part to the rabidity of its fan base. It's not uncommon for players to spend eight hours online in a given day, the amount of time most of us devote to a full-time job. During "quests" that cost extra money, players go on 20-hour-a-day online binges. Although it's not the norm, wives have called Simutronics to beg the company to suspend their husbands' accounts. Neil Harris, an executive vice-president at Simutronics, is unapologetic.
"Well, you know, they could be smoking crack," he says. "We're certainly offering something a whole lot healthier."
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During a recent cross-country jaunt, Jester and Dipali visited Elonka and the Simutronics gang and went with them to see the opening of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. While waiting in the winding line, they happened to end up in the vicinity of David Whatley, CEO of Simutronics and co-creator of Gemstone III. Jester and Dipali are avid fans of the game and decided to express their gratitude to its creator. Jester tapped Whatley on the shoulder.
"You ruined our lives, you know," Jester said.
Jester recalls that Whatley chuckled and said, "Glad to hear it."
This fucking article man.