[MUD-Dev] Wired Article on Reality Breakdown

[Marc Fielding]

[Dave Rickey]

Good article, Dave. Some interesting excerpts follow:

>   The 79th Richest Nation on Earth doesn't exist. The population
>   is 225,000, the hourly wage $3.42. Welcome to virtual paradise,
>   where a carpenter can live in the castle of his dreams - if he
>   doesn't mind an 80-hour workweek double-clicking pig iron and
>   hoarding digital dung.

And

> Separated from his wife for the last four years, Dugger lives
> alone. Most of the time, when he isn't working, he can be found in
> what he calls his dungeon, a section of the garage walled off to
> make a small, barely ventilated room, where he sits five hours a
> night, eyes fixed on his computer screen and on the tiny,
> make-believe self he maneuvers through Britannia's cartoon
> landscape.

Perhaps MMOGs are destined to become the "post-postmodern" opiate of
the masses.

-Marc





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