Money for Nothing

Essay: Money for Nothing: Virtual Worlds and Virtual Economies. By Steven Shaviro

Author: shaviro at shaviro dot com

Excellent essay by Steven Shapiro, which is also a review of Julian Dibbel's My Tiny Life, but especially of Play Money, an analysis and real-life account of gaming economics.

URL = http://www.shaviro.com/Othertexts/MMOs.pdf

For more information, see our entry on Ludocapitalism and the scarcity of gaming worlds