In 2005 he published Synthetic Worlds. He is/was a mainstream economist who got hooked on Everquest but then used his professional skills to analyze what was going on. He quite strongly feels these MMOGs are more than just games, and in a certain sense are very very real. The book is a good read and Section 3 gives his possible scenarios for the future including potential "mass emigration" to cyberspace and possible governmental reaction.
Just wondering if this is related to Ebay's effort to clean up the legal status of Nicklas Zennstrom and Janus Friss. They've been steering clear of the US for years, refusing invitations to speak at industry events, etc. I believe Ebay had put some pretty serious legal and ol' boy network effort into straightening this out. Maybe some of their 2.4 billion will be helping Kazaa pay its bill. I would guess we might be seeing them here sometime soon.
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In 2005 he published Synthetic Worlds. He is/was a mainstream economist who got hooked on Everquest but then used his professional skills to analyze what was going on. He quite strongly feels these MMOGs are more than just games, and in a certain sense are very very real. The book is a good read and Section 3 gives his possible scenarios for the future including potential "mass emigration" to cyberspace and possible governmental reaction.
Just wondering if this is related to Ebay's effort to clean up the legal status of Nicklas Zennstrom and Janus Friss. They've been steering clear of the US for years, refusing invitations to speak at industry events, etc. I believe Ebay had put some pretty serious legal and ol' boy network effort into straightening this out. Maybe some of their 2.4 billion will be helping Kazaa pay its bill. I would guess we might be seeing them here sometime soon.