http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4104731.stm
A gamer spent over $26,000 to buy an island that only exists in an online RPG.
(PS, if anyone wants to kick over $5,000, I'll sell you XET's Columbia University. Come on, a whole in-game University! It's a steal!)
A gamer spent over $26,000 to buy an island that only exists in an online RPG.
(PS, if anyone wants to kick over $5,000, I'll sell you XET's Columbia University. Come on, a whole in-game University! It's a steal!)
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Date: 2004-12-17 10:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-12-17 11:21 pm (UTC)Okay, so the property is just _slightly_ on the edge of tipping into Carcosa. Call it a fixer-upper.