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View From the Road

A View from the Road: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Microtransaction

I don’t mind subscription fees. I’ve never understood the vehemence with which some people refuse to ever consider paying a recurring fee – ...
By John Funk Legacy AuthorAugust 3, 2009
Interviews

WarCry Interviews Live Gamer

Live Gamer InterviewThe WarCry NetworkSeptember 30, 2008 WarCry: Please introduce yourself and explain your role at Live Gamer. Andrew Schneider: My responsibility is ...
By Suzie Ford Legacy AuthorOctober 20, 2008
Dungeons and Dollars

We the Gamers

Over the past several years many journalists, game developers and gamers themselves have tried their hand at drawing up a document that definitively ...
By Erin Hoffman 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
Op-Ed

On Behalf of the Chair Kickers

It’s kind of like, if someone pays for a ticket to go see a movie, and if someone else comes in behind them ...
By Joe Blancato Legacy AuthorJune 5, 2007
Op-Ed

Meet the Team Question for The Escapist Issue 75

Each week we ask a question of our staff and featured writers to learn a little bit about them and gain some insight ...
By Joe Blancato Legacy AuthorDecember 18, 2006
Dungeons & Dollars Redux

The Industrialization of Play

To the real world, Julian Dibbell is a contributing editor for Wired, with other work appearing in New York magazine, Feed and Topic. ...
By Shannon Drake Legacy AuthorDecember 12, 2006
Get Off Of My Cloud

There Goes the Neighborhood

I remember the first time I loaded up Lineage, my first massively multiplayer online game. It was one of the turning points in ...
By Laura Genender Legacy AuthorAugust 1, 2006
Dungeons & Dollars

Ain’t Goin’ Away Ever

According to the community, a titanic struggle is underway. The self-appointed Forces of Light man the ramparts, defending the walls as an onrushing, ...
By Shannon Drake Legacy AuthorApril 11, 2006
Dungeons & Dollars

Touching Aimee’s Panties

The fact is, there is no such thing as virtual commerce. You might think you’ve been making money buying and selling virtual items ...
By Mark Wallace Legacy AuthorAugust 30, 2005
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