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Mining For Online Game Gold And Other Amazing Stories

Mining For Online Game Gold And Other Amazing Stories

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DATE : Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:49:08 -0500
Entered in Database : 2010-01-16 00:49:08
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Scientific American magazine editor-in-chief Mariette Dichristina talks about the January issue, including articles on the chances of conditions conducive to life elsewhere in the multiverse and the growing practice of virtual gold farming, in which legions of online game players in developing countries acquire currency in the game that they sell to other players for real money. Websites related to this episode include www.snipurl.com/nobelfrank; www.redcross.org; www.pih.org

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