Wages of virtual sin

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May 082008
 

Oops. Chinese Gold Farmer Accidentally Turns Himself and Partner In To Police | Virtually Blind | Virtual Law

Chinese police arrested the pair after one partner reported the other for unfair revenue distribution. In business since last August, the gold farming operation had 20 employees and generated nearly RMB 1.6 million (US $228,915) in only nine months of dealing.

More GDC Info

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Mar 131999
 

Realized that I dropped the info on the GDC presentation, so here it is again: at GDC I will be running a roundtable with Rich Vogel (producer of UO, former producer for Might & Magic Online and Meridian 59) on the “Laws of Massively Multiplayer Online Worlds.”

The roundtable will be run during Classic GDC, on Wednesday & Thursday at 10am, and on Friday at 11:30am.

I’ve added a new Misc Writing under the gaming section, dealing with the phenomenon of selling virtual property for real money.