Comments on: Bidding and Markets in MMORPGs http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/1744 This is a supplemental blog for a course which will cover how the social, technological, and natural worlds are connected, and how the study of networks sheds light on these connections. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:26:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Cornell Info 204 Digest » Blog Archive » Auctions in World of Warcraft, Social Networks in Shakespeare, and the Importance of Strong Ties http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/1744#comment-1157 Cornell Info 204 Digest » Blog Archive » Auctions in World of Warcraft, Social Networks in Shakespeare, and the Importance of Strong Ties Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:18:37 +0000 http://nsdl.library.cornell.edu/websites/expertvoices/info2040/archives/1744#comment-1157 [...] Several posts discussed the economic and social systems that underpin virtual worlds and creative works. catrionag describes some of the markets and auction systems used to allocate items in World of Warcraft and similar MMORPGs. There are interesting parallels here with many of the issues that have come up in class. Interesting questions have also been raised in the press about what happens when the “virtual economy'’ of such games comes into contact with the economy of the off-line world. [...] […] Several posts discussed the economic and social systems that underpin virtual worlds and creative works. catrionag describes some of the markets and auction systems used to allocate items in World of Warcraft and similar MMORPGs. There are interesting parallels here with many of the issues that have come up in class. Interesting questions have also been raised in the press about what happens when the “virtual economy’’ of such games comes into contact with the economy of the off-line world. […]

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