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Article: Redwood City, Calif., Firm Introduces Online Game.

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July 29, 2001
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By Dawn Chmielewski, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jul. 29--Electronic Arts will introduce a groundbreaking online game Monday called Majestic that uses everyday gadgets to infiltrate your life.

You pick up the phone and a male voice threatens to kill you unless you stop asking questions. Mysterious e-mail sends you to the Web to gather clues about a fire that has apparently crippled the game. And purported "allies" shoot you instant messages hinting at a vast global conspiracy involving government mind control.

"I got a phone call on my way to work one morning," said John Little, a 32-year-old from ...

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