Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | about this site On Virtual Economies (30 Dec 2003) Currently, several million people have accounts in massively multiplayer online games. The population of virtual worlds has grown rapidly since 1996; significantly, each world also seems to grow its own economy, with production, assets and trade with Earth economies. Article URL: http://gamestudies.org/0302/castronova/ Read 23 more articles from Game Studies sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Sim Sin City: some thoughts about Grand Theft Auto 3 This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy