{"id":603,"date":"2012-04-30T09:37:55","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T08:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/247income.co.uk\/blog\/making-real-money-in-virtual-games-the-strange-economics-of-mmorpgs\/"},"modified":"2012-04-30T09:37:55","modified_gmt":"2012-04-30T08:37:55","slug":"making-real-money-in-virtual-games-the-strange-economics-of-mmorpgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/247income.co.uk\/blog\/making-real-money-in-virtual-games-the-strange-economics-of-mmorpgs\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Real Money in Virtual Games: The Strange Economics of MMORPGs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Making Real Money in Virtual Games: The Strange Economics of MMORPGs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Adam Felder <b>Online<\/b> gamers have sold weapons, clothes, and spells (all pixelated) for years using &quot;black market&quot; third-party sites. The gaming industry wants a cut of that virtual economy. So would the IRS. In one month, Diablo III, a hugely popular <b>&#8230;<\/b><br
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