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Stock Market for Geek Culture

Posted by Zonk on from the world-of-warcraft-is-way-up dept.

indiejade writes "Yahoo! recently launched its take on the virtual fantasy-prediction game market. The Tech Buzz Game allows players to invest in what they think will be the "next big thing" RE high-tech products, trends, or concepts. CNet reported that the game was announced at the now-in-progress Emerging Technologies Conference in San Diego. The players with the three highest scores accumulated in the game between now and July 29th will win one of various Apple products."

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  1. Advertisement? by gimpynerd · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Stock market games have been around for quite some time. It seems that all they did was limit it to tech stocks therefore reducing the amount of enjoyment and making it easier. Then they slap a fancy name on it and announce it at some convention to get hype. Seems to me it is just one big advertisement for Yahoo and everyone else involved.