Some links about online games and their development:
- Julian
Dibbell on making money from trading in online game items, or as
he puts it himself
a ... record of one man's attempt to get rich selling, literally, castles in the air
. - An interesting article on the economics of online game development, which makes the point that if such a game has even a modicum of success it will be quite a money-spinner, as opposed to the bulk of “boxed games” which make their publishers no money at all.
In the less virtual world, common sense makes a comeback: the US Supreme Court strikes a blow for human rights by overturning laws making sodomy illegal, and the EU plans to reduce farm subsidies.
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