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The Daily Grind: How much have you spent on your MMO habit?
Filed under: Economy, Opinion, The Daily GrindOnce upon a time, I sat down with a calculator and counted the months I'd spent playing World of Warcraft, multiplied by $15, added in costs for game boxes...
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Why do people buy virtual goods in MMOs?
Filed under: Culture, MMO Industry, Player Housing, Academic, Virtual WorldsMassively multiplayer online gamers spend hours -- so many hours -- working towards obtaining virtual gear. Epic armor sets,...
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The Daily Grind: Why do they beg?
Filed under: Culture, Economy, Opinion, The Daily Grind In just about every MMO you play, you'll find one. They crowd around auction houses, inns, and pretty much any place where players like to...
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'Gold Trading Exposed' a look at multi-billion dollar grey market in MMOs
Filed under: Economy, MMO IndustryIf there are any massively multiplayer online games on the market (with virtual economies) that *aren't* overrun at times with gold spammers that multiply like...
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'Gold Trading Exposed': Getting the player and industry perspective
Filed under: Economy, MMO IndustryA few weeks ago, we mentioned that the first installment of Nick Ryan's 'Gold Trading Exposed' has gone live over at Eurogamer. While we've all encountered bots and...
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Live Gamer's Andy Schneider on legitimizing RMT in games and virtual worlds
Filed under: Interviews, MMO Industry, Virtual WorldsMost mentions of real money trading (RMT) in massively multiplayer online games and virtual worlds conjure up images of virtual sweatshops and the...
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Pirates of the Burning Sea takes bold step to curb mission farming
Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Forums, Game Mechanics, Quests, PvEThe latest devlog for Pirates of the Burning Sea is written by Lum and focuses on improving the game's...
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Runes of Magic community manager Jörg Koonen on game currencies and reducing...
Filed under: Fantasy, Business Models, Economy, Game Mechanics, Interviews, Free-to-Play, Runes of MagicWith only two months of operation under its belt, fantasy game Runes of Magic already seems to be...
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Outspark to reward Fiesta's fastest levelers with 1 million Spark Cash
Filed under: Contests, News Items, Free-to-Play, FiestaThe free-to-play game Fiesta from publisher Outspark has announced the game's "Race for 1,000,000" contest, which will be held in tandem with the...
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Five regrettably true things about online economies
Filed under: Business Models, Culture, Economy, Opinion, Second Life, Virtual WorldsWhile online economies can seem to be (and often are) fundamentally different from AFK economies, there's a key...
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New legislation in China outlaws gold farming
Filed under: Economy, MMO Industry, News Items, LegalGold farmers. We know you hate them... We know. And we've mentioned the associated gold spam as being the bane of many MMO players' existence a...
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Station launcher moves out of beta, adds voice chat support
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, EverQuest, EverQuest II, Pirates of the Burning Sea, PlanetSide, Launches, MMO Industry, Patches, The Matrix Online, Star Wars Galaxies, VanguardSo the beta launcher is...
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The fight against RMT in EVE Online
Filed under: Sci-Fi, EVE Online, Economy, MMO IndustryIt's an unfortunate reality that most any massively multiplayer online game running has to cope with outside influences on an in-game economy...
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Champions Online goes gold, will ship as previously scheduled
Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, Launches, New Titles, Champions Online Good news for everyone looking forward to jumping -- or flying, or teleporting for that matter -- into Champions Online at the...
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The most efficient way to make money in MMOs
Filed under: Culture, Economy, Making money, Opinion Cash flow in many games is almost as big a problem as it can be in real life. We've recently had our resident EVE Online column running a series on...
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The Daily Grind: Hey big spender!
Filed under: Culture, Making money, Opinion, The Daily Grind Gil. Gold. Adeena. ISK. Influence. Infamy. Chips. Crowns. Whatever the game calls it (and there are a lot more words aside from those) money...
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The Daily Grind: Money money money! Money!
Filed under: Opinion, The Daily Grind Money: it makes the world go 'round. It's also one of those necessary staples to keep your character happy and well-outfitted. Whether used to get that sweet piece...
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Wings Over Atreia: Miragent -- the saga continues
Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Opinion, Wings Over Atreia In past weeks, we delved into the world of max-level armor in NCsoft's Aion, weighing some pros and cons of the different sets, and you have...
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Wings Over Atreia: Miragents -- let there be pants!
Filed under: Fantasy, Aion, Opinion, Wings Over Atreia Whew. I made it through acquiring three pieces of the Miragent armor set in Aion relatively intact -- even with the majority of my sanity...
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SOE details EQ2X free Gold membership weekend
Filed under: Fantasy, EverQuest II, News Items, Free-to-Play, Promotions Curious about the Gold membership level in Sony Online Entertainment's new EverQuest II Extended service? Make sure you're...
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