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- Cultural exchange: Western devs enter Japanese social gaming market - Japanese enter Facebook
- Virtual currency convertible to real money in Korea says Supreme court
- Ability to get a mortgage affected by student loan repayment
- Virtual consumption: the thesis
- Resolving Goldfarming through Concealed Validated Auctions
- Even with personal finance savvy rising, high credit card debt persists
- AVEA virtual economy research project final report released
- Lobbyists trying to fight to weaken mortgage rules in financial reform
- Second Life Sued: Intellectual Property and Virtual Economies
- Guest article: Game Commerce from virtual item sales to gold farming
VERN blog contributors:
- Hamari, Juho (editor)
Helsinki Institute of Information Technology HIIT - Lastowka, Greg
Rutgers University - Lehdonvirta, Vili (editor)
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT and University of Tokyo - Martin, Jennifer
The University of Western Ontario - Ryu, Taiyoung
University of Southern California - Tolvanen, Juha
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT
- Sociologists invade World of Warcraft, see humanity's future - bit.ly/copnX5
- RT @JamieMadigan Could adding facial tattoos to your RPG character during creation affect how you play the game? tinyurl.com/27ru32h
- RT @EclipseInt Real world companies invest in the ‘gamification’ of life: tinyurl.com/35d6zud
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