The purpose of this weekly blog post is to introduce the concepts of virtual worlds to those that have never used them, or perhaps even really heard of them. It isn’t intended to get more people to join those worlds or even to provide, necessarily, the latest and great news in the virtual world universe. [...]
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Believe it or not, there is a segment of society that makes a living (or at least a side-job) gathering items in Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) and then selling them for real money. So, for example, they might gather up tens of thousands of in-game currency (typically “gold” and “platinum”) and then [...] Have you ever wished that your elf from World of Warcraft could go buy some snazzy new clothes at American Outfitters? Or that he could get a nice house in the suburbs where he can sit and drink some tea while reading USA Today? Well, this option may become a reality. IBM and Linden Lab (the makers [...] |
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