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Virtual Worlds

Came across this very interesting article this morning:

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/04/05/06/1929205.shtml

It talks about virtual worlds, and more specifically how they actually have real economies.

“[EverQuest] was the seventy-seventh richest country in the world. And it didn't even exist.” 

Quite amazing actually; people trade virtual goods in the real world and some people actually make their living from it.  I'm downloading There.com just to have a look what all the fuss is about - although, I know I don't have time to play the game properly... unless I get hooked of course ;)

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