Providing an on-line marketplace for buying, selling, trading and auctioning virtual game items, virtual game cash and related items via the Internet; providing on-line chat rooms for transmission of messages among computer users concerning a wide variety of topics and fields via the Internet; providing on-line electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users concerning a wide variety of topics and fields via the Internet; electronic transmission of data and documents via the Internet; advertising services, namely, preparing and placing advertisements for others promoting the goods and services of others on websites via the Internet; entertainment services, namely, providing on-line information via the Internet about video games; arranging, organizing and conducting exhibitions, events, conferences and seminars for entertainment, educational and cultural purposes; entertainment in the nature of contests, competitions and games; computer services, namely, providing on-line news and information via the Internet on topics of general interest; providing on-line directories, databases and search engines for obtaining data on a wide variety of topics and fields of general interest, via the Internet; providing on-line magazines, newsletters, and books on general interest topics and news, via the Internet