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Filtering by: Creator Dodson, Eric Decade 2000-2009 Resource Type Honors College Thesis

Das virtual capital : an economic perspective on playing online games : Fantastic scarcity and Real-market trades

Creator:

Dodson, Eric

Abstract:

Massively multiplayer role-playing games (MMORPG) are becoming a popular leisure activity world-wide. MMORPG players have created a new kind of market, one for virtual possessions. Some players will buy and sell virtual goods for real-world money. Many game developers oppose this real-market trade because it threatens the control of their...

Resource Type:

Honors College Thesis