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Tag: gold farming

gold farming
Dungeons and Dollars

Careful What You Wish For

In the world of MMORPGs, money is time. The spending power of every gold coin is directly related to how long it took ...
By Brendan Sears Legacy AuthorOctober 7, 2008
Jonathan Steinhauer's MMO Column

Steinhauer’s Opinion: Gold Farming, Part 1

Colgalas hobbled slowly down the dusty road using his spear as a walking stick. The battered chain hauberk hanging from his shoulders was ...
By Jonathan Steinhauer Legacy AuthorNovember 26, 2007
Op-Ed

Xfire Debate Club: Ask Your Questions about Virtual Economies

In a move I’m sure will come back to haunt them, the folks at Xfire’s Debate Club have asked me to moderate an ...
By Joe Blancato Legacy AuthorAugust 17, 2007
Interviews

Plaintiff’s Attorney in Player-IGE Lawsuit Speaks to The Escapist

Richard Newsome is the plaintiff’s attorney in Hernandez v. IGE, a lawsuit recently filed against the notorious real-money trade company. The Escapist‘s own ...
By Joe Blancato Legacy AuthorJune 1, 2007
Editorial Debates

Debate: The Secondary Market

Today and every Saturday, two of our writers are going to team up and duke it out in an editorial debate. Each of ...
By Dana Massey Legacy AuthorMay 12, 2007
Op-Ed

Everything Is For Sale: SOE Hires IGE Exec

Hi, I’m Scott Jennings, formerly known in some quarters as Lum the Mad. My day job is as a designer on a cool ...
By Scott Jennings Legacy AuthorApril 12, 2007
Import/Export

Balancing Act

Enormous container ships, endless strings of boxcars, 18-wheeler tractor-trailers blowing past you on the highway as you struggle to get your iPod hooked ...
By Mark Wallace Legacy AuthorOctober 25, 2005
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