… some guy pays $330,000 of real money for a virtual space station.
Why did the guy spend so much money? Well, the place in question is a giant virtual hunting lodge in which guys with laser rifles get to take down ferocious alien animals. I guess they’ll be paying a lot for the privilege.
It could be worse. At least it wasn’t a brothel.
Umbelivable! The space station is actually nice to see! Here is a link to a video.
Crystal Palace Space Station
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyT-Esr2b3k
And at least the animals aren’t real! And maybe he will invest in a copy editor and fix the bad spelling and grammar.
Once again, Phineas Taylor Barnum’s adage has been proven in spectacular fashion.
I watched the video and I’m flummoxed.The fake brick finish that scabs so many old DIY kitchens is inconsistent with “space station.”
The quality of the renderings was much poorer than I expected from all the hoo-ha. It looked like 1985 state of the art, maybe worse.
The whole hunting sequence looked boring. A couple players stood around banging away at something with an obviously limited repertoire of behaviors, about as challenging as a caged rabbit. The hunted thing doesn’t fight back. No brain required from the player, just… banging away with a control.
I think a brothel would be more interesting.
“Once again, Phineas Taylor Barnum’s adage has been proven in spectacular fashion.”
perhaps:
Economists take virtual economies, some of which have huge real world value, quite seriously. And gold farming makes an estimated billion dollars a year.