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- Play Money by Julian Dibbell! It's on the dated side now but dives into MMO economies from a practioner's perspective — incredible read.
- Oddly enough, the pioneers on this subject are actually game currencies. Look up Julian Dibbell's Play Money.
- I've never really played a lot of MMOs (though I had friends who were very into SWG and still lament its changes and eventual demise) but the crazy stuff that goes on in virtual economies like this has always interested me.
Reminds me of Julian Dibbell's "Play Money" [1], where he spends a year trying to make Ultima Online his main source of income.
[1]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Play-Money-Millions-Trading-Virtual/...
- I'm honestly surprised that they haven't been so classified yet. The theory-wonks had made this connection as far back as 2005, and the IRS wasn't entirely blind to it. (Though when Dibbell published Play Money in 2007, they had no clue how to deal with it.)
I guess with all the hysteria about video game violence, no one has had time to actually look at what's going on.
ETA: I'm guessing that the fact that there's some skill involved makes it more okay. Like a fly-fishing tournament.
