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feedproxy.google.com - 6/10/2009
Value For Money
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There’s been a lot of discussion amongst bloggers recently about Dungeons & Dragons: Online becoming free to play (albeit with microtransactions) and generally how the new RMT business models we’re seeing cropping up will effect the future of MMORPGs. It all made me wonder if ...
blog.weflyspitfires.com - 6/10/2009
MMORPGs - Value For Money?
— blog.weflyspitfires.com — There’s been a lot of discussion amongst bloggers recently about Dungeons & Dragons: Online becoming free to... play (albeit with microtransactions) and generally how the new RMT business models we’re seeing cropping up will effect the future of MMORPGs. It all made me wonder if ... (more) MMORPGs - Value For Money?
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tobolds.blogspot.com - 6/10/2009
What you get for your money
— tobolds.blogspot.com — In the comments of the previous post some people were asking what I thought of this or... that game item one can buy, e.g. in The Sims 3 store, or whether I wanted to transfer real-life success into MMO success. To answer that, lets have a look at what ... (more) What you get for your money
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Time Can Be Money: A Case Study of Real Money Transactions in EVE Online
mmogamer.com - 6/8/2009
Time Can Be Money: A Case Study of Real Money Transactions in EVE Online
— mmogamer.com — In this new article series, The MMO Gamer in cooperation with Stratics takes you deep into the... subject of real money trading, or RMT. Guest contributor Dan Rosenthal from Gameslaw.net and Stratics.com takes you on a case study of the RMT in EVE Online. Most MMO gamers should be familiar ... (more) Time Can Be Money: A Case Study of Real Money ...

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