How the Virtual Gold Trade Works (Wired News)

: Internet Gaming Entertainment, or IGE, made hundreds of millions of dollars as middleman for Western gamers eager to outsource the boring aspects of play to low-wage third worlders. The people who founded the company realized that scarcity of time and scarcity of virtual resources created a whole new market. MMOs like World of Warcraft keep players hooked with the promise of …

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