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August 12 2009

snej
15:18

EVE Online creates exotic financial instrument to combat gold-farming - Boing Boing

More proof that real life is slowly transmuting into a Charles Stross novel. "EVE Online is trying to combat gold-farming (working on repetitive in-game tasks to amass wealth and levels that can be sold to wealthy, time-poor players) by tinkering with its monetary supply, creating a special instrument call the PLEX that entitles a player to an extra 30 days' playtime."
Tags: economics games sf