I came across this interesting news late last night, from a blog blogging about another blog. Basically, Greg Lastowka at Terra Nova was blogging about a post from Scott Jennings, who was blogging about David Myers, who was reacting to what players were doing to him in the MMOGs City of Heroes.
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Posted by Aaron Chia Yuan Hung at 03:19 PM. Filed under: Games • Research •
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
There’s been some mixed reporting on this news today. Apparently, in a move that is likely to be as effective as their attempt to curb copyright infringement, China has moved to ban gold farming in virtual worlds. For those of you who don’t know, gold farming is the trading of virtual currency for real currency (the ban does not include trading real currency to purchase virtual goods). The article I read cites that several billion yuan (1 billion yuan = 146 million US dollars) was traded last year. Apparently, 80-85% of gold farmers originate from China, and generates “jobs” for hundreds of thousands of people.
Posted by Aaron Chia Yuan Hung at 12:12 PM. Filed under: Games •