In the make-believe realms of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) and other virtual worlds, the immaterial objects of players' desire have become, for some, a source of materially significant income. In this talk, I revisit my own attempts to profit from the real-money traffic in virtual goods, teasing out their implications for a world economy that is everyday more riddled with the stuff – and the logic – of games.
Julian Dibbell is a George A. Miller Professor in the College of Media and guest faculty member of the Coordinated Science Laboratory.  More...

WILL-AM580 FOCUS interview with Julian Dibbell