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Virtual Worlds News: How Important Are Virtual Economists?

March 17, 2008 How Important Are Virtual Economists? This might normally be more of a Terra Nova piece than something for Virtual Worlds News, but file it under self-promotion: Over the summer (very different from my normal click-to-publish lifestyle), I

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  • March 17, 2008
    How Important Are Virtual Economists?

    This might normally be more of a Terra Nova piece than something for Virtual Worlds News, but file it under self-promotion: Over the summer (very different from my normal click-to-publish lifestyle), I put together a story for Scientific American's online publication, SciAm.com, about EVE Online's (then) new in-world economist and, more generally, the role of economics and economists in virtual worlds

SSRN-Dragon Kill Points: The Economics of Power Gamers by Krista-Lee Malone

Dragon Kill Point systems (DKP). It is DKP, I argue, that generates, in large part, the motivation and political cohesion necessary for a guild to be able to successfully engage the end-game content of MMORPGs.

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  • Dragon Kill Point systems (DKP). It is DKP, I argue, that generates, in large part, the motivation and political cohesion necessary for a guild to be able to successfully engage the end-game content of MMORPGs.

Illinois Business Law Journal: When Pretend Money Has Real Value: A Study of Virtual Property in Online Gaming

  • A virtual economy is present in most virtual worlds. An inhabitant of the world can exchange many kinds of virtual property for virtual currency.

Video: Reloading Metanomics 101 | Metaversed

On September 17th 2007, Professor Robert Bloomfield presented "Metanomics 101" in Second Life. This serves as an overview of Metanomics and a preview of what is to come. We've included audio and the PowerPoint file below.

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Communication_tools Conferences Economies podcast

  • On September 17th 2007, Professor Robert Bloomfield presented "Metanomics 101" in Second Life. This serves as an overview of Metanomics and a preview of what is to come.
    We've included audio and the PowerPoint file below.

Metaverse Law: Security of Virtual Worlds

"Virtual Worlds, Real Money: Security and Privacy in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games and Social and Corporate Virtual Worlds"

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  • Virtual Worlds, Real Money: Security and Privacy in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games and Social and Corporate Virtual Worlds"
  • "Virtual Worlds, Real Money: Security and Privacy in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games and Social and Corporate Virtual Worlds"

Online Extra: Virtual Worlds, Virtual Economies

MAY 1, 2006 It's Not All Fun And Games The Online Universe: An Old Fogey's Guide Online Extra: Virtual Land, Real Money Online Extra: Slide Show: Inside the World of Second Life Online Extra: Slide Show: The Evolution of Virtual Worlds Virtual Worlds, Vir

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  • MAY 1, 2006




    It's Not All Fun And Games

    The Online Universe: An Old Fogey's Guide

    Online Extra: Virtual Land, Real Money

    Online Extra: Slide Show: Inside the World of Second Life

    Online Extra: Slide Show: The Evolution of Virtual Worlds


    Virtual Worlds, Virtual Economies
    An economist talks about how online games can blur the line between fantasy and reality
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