A high school senior in Texas has been transferred to an "Alternative Education Center" and will not be allowed to participate in graduation ceremonies later this year because he created a Counter Strike map of his school.

A day after the Virginia Tech shootings, a parent called the high school and told of a "killing game" which took place "inside the school". That's all that was needed to get the cops involved the the kid kicked out. Though it's important to note that *at every step along the way* it was found that the kid did NOTHING wrong or illegal.

Here's more on Wired News' game blog: link. My own blog post also includes a few other links to local coverage: link.

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