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Wired 14.04: You Play World of Warcraft? You're Hired! - 0 views

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leadership

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    "In this way, the process of becoming an effective World of Warcraft guild master amounts to a total-immersion course in leadership."
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Online Game Economies Get Real - 0 views

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economics castronova

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    "From an economist's standpoint what's happening in these games is real," said Edward Castronova, an associate professor of economics at California State University at Fullerton. "You've got a distinct territory with specialization of labor, gains from trade, a floating exchange rate -- real economies are happening."
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The New York Times > Technology > Circuits > World of Warcraft Keeps Growing, Even as P... - 0 views

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making

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    "Not only have Blizzard's games sold more than 40 million copies over the last 11 years, but they have also inspired a level of enthusiasm that may most closely resemble an opera audience's rapturous devotion to a renowned diva."
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Ogre to Slay? Outsource It to Chinese - New York Times - 0 views

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China gold gold farming

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    "For 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, my colleagues and I are killing monsters," said a 23-year-old gamer who works here in this makeshift factory and goes by the online code name Wandering. "I make about $250 a month, which is pretty good compared with the other jobs I've had. And I can play games all day."
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Inside World of Warcraft Gold Farm, Future of Work by Wagner James Au - 1 views

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China gold gold farming

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    B"y the segment's estimate, an astounding half million Chinese now make a living - about $100 a month - from the acquisition and sale of WoW gold to US and EU gamers."
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Blizzard's Mike Morhaime Interview in Eurogamer - 0 views

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interview founders making

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    "Mike Morhaime is the chief executive of Blizzard Entertainment, co-founded with his college buddies Allen Adham and Frank Pearce under the name Silicon & Synapse in 1991."
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the DAEDALUS PROJECT: MMORPG Research, Cyberculture, MMORPG Psychology - 0 views

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psychology research social gaming culture

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    "The Daedalus Project was a long-running survey study of MMO players"
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