LINKLIST for all things second life

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/dcwill/www/research.html +prof Champ.Urbana D. Williams research papers, etc.
http://www.gamesconference.org/digra2005/papers.php?first_letter=all ++GOLDMINE, research paper database!!
http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/ +not about games per se, a site for exploring economics with virtual simulations
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/09/13/DI2005091301150.html?nav=techalert ++great viewpoints
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm?setview=features&loadFeature=120&gameID=31&page=1&fp=1024,768,98067109,20051002221733  +this is a link to a Q&A with the creator(?) of Project Entropia

http://plaguelands.com/?page_id=172 ++gold dupers who got caught, their story, spiced up with film references
http://gameslah.com/pics/ +some guys beowulf cluster gaming system, about 30+ computers networked together

http://www.benchmark.com/news/sv/2005/05_29_2005.php +guy makes 1800$/mo for 4hrs/day play building online real estate
http://gameusd.com/ +tracks online money value vs. the USD
http://gamingopenmarket.com/ +game commodity trading & has explanation of how the market works
www.ige.com
http://terranova.blogs.com/ +Univ. Champaign Urbana group blog on the virtual world econ’s ‘why’s & wherefores’ (looks good)
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5859069.html +criminals seek virtual goods too, for the game or for the money
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5842791.html?tag=nl +article about Sony’s site that hosts transactions
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5678052.html?tag=nl +more on Sony’s site
http://stationexchange.station.sony.com/ +Sony Online Entertainment auction service – secure method of buying and selling
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5566704.html?tag=nl +underground transactions
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-5820137.html +more more more
http://www.gameeconomy.com +exchange site
http://www.guy4game.com/home.php +exchange site
http://www.walrusmagazine.com/article.pl?sid=04/05/06/1929205&tid=1
http://playerauctions.com/ +exchange site
http://www.ige.com/FrequentlyAskedQuestions.aspx +MMOG (massive multiplayer online game) exchange and services site
http://www.answers.com/topic/mmorpg +an overview of the scene
http://www.markeedragon.net/sellgold.php +exchange
http://www.markeedragon.com/u/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Board=uonews&Number=29818++confession of a retired gold farmer
http://www.onlinegametrader.net/ +exchange,

http://www.juliandibbell.com/playmoney/2004_04_01_playmoney_archive.html#108200652843059601
++a blog from a guy who appears to have bagged some dollars from this,

http://boards.powergamers.net/index.php +exchange but with more of a community feel, 5000+ members
http://www.mogs.com/index.php +exchange
http://www.gamestudies.org/ ++like the title says, an academic view
http://www.gamestudies.org/0302/castronova/ ++more from castronova in ‘04, great for his reference/bibliography
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226096262/qid=1127679104/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-8992795-3331802?v=glance&s=books
+who knew, castronova has a book out, pretty cheap too, however,
not yet released

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issues/11/pdf/TheEscapist_11_final.pdf ++about page 21 is when the game article starts

http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2005/05/a_200m_market.html ++variety of viewpoints, anecdotes, figures
http://wiredblogs.tripod.com/gadgets/index.blog?entry_id=1230071 game programmers didn’t mean for this to happen, spread like real plaugue
http://www.dragonscoveherald.com/blog/index.php?p=936 +Linden Labs
(Second Life) to incorp. RMT – dissing other 3rd party site with long
history of SL RMT

http://arxiv.org/pdf/cs/0503080 +heavy duty academic paper from europe, fresh off the presses 10.01.05!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMORPG_terms_and_acronyms +get hip to the hype
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_economy +URL says it all
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/dcwill/www/research.html +prof Champ.Urbana D. Williams research papers, etc.
http://www.gamesconference.org/digra2005/papers.php?first_letter=all ++ research paper database!!
http://www.bized.ac.uk/virtual/ +not about games per se, a site for exploring economics with virtual simulations
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/09/13/DI2005091301150.html?nav=techalert

 

http://www.spacethinkdream.com/articles/article/5/creating-a-mannequin +using photoshop and SL
http://www.alwaysblack.com/blackbox/wanderingyaffle_01.html +choosing an avatar and manipulating it
http://dt.thereinperson.com/gallery/Cotton_Candys-Second-Life/Alyssums_Spot2 +50 screen shots
http://trumpy.cs.elon.edu/metaverse/gst364Win2005/handout.html ++an academic assignment (?) to use SL, great overview with how-to?s, titled
?101 Uses for Second Life in the College Classroom?

http://pics.livejournal.com/peganthyrus/pic/0000eap7/g6 +26 screen shots with descrip
http://www.craphound.com/ +ctrl+F for “Second”Cory Doctorow, Legal Director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation,

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4488103 +NPR radio show on SL
http://www.alphavilleherald.com/blog/ +the ?newspaper? for SL, plus a lot of other good materials
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/08/making_things_i.html +Making things in the Virtual World: Second Life Primer
http://www.austin360.com/recreation/content/recreation/video_games/features/secondlife/secondlife_1.html +article on SL