by
Falconer on December 30th, 2009 | Category:
Other
Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. A virtual space station in
Entropia Universe was auctioned off at a staggering 330.000 -real- dollars yesterday. Entropia is a virtual universe that uses real cash to fuel its own economy.
The space station called
Crystal Palace went on auction some ten days ago and saw bids go up to 3.3 million PEDs. PED stands for Project Entropia Dollars and are the in-game currency and is linked to the dollar to give it a solid base in the real world economy. According to Mindark, the company behind Project Entropia, the 330.000 dollar that was paid for Crystal Palace is the highest amount of real-world cash ever to be paid for a virtual item.
Before I started playing, I thought Anno 1404 (Dawn of Discovery) would be "more of the same" and little more than that. As it turns out, I was right about the first, but wrong about the second: there is a LOT more to the game than just a remake of 1701
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