Play Money

Author : Julian Dibbell
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465003672
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Play Money written by Julian Dibbell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-03-09 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Play Money explores a remarkable new phenomenon that's just beginning to enter public consciousness: MMORPGs, or Massively MultiPlayer Online Role-Playing Games, in which hundreds of thousands of players operate fantasy characters in virtual environments the size of continents. With city-sized populations of nearly full-time players, these games generate their own cultures, governments, and social systems and, inevitably, their own economies, which spill over into the real world. The desire for virtual goods -- magic swords, enchanted breastplates, and special, hard-to-get elixirs -- has spawned a cottage industry of "virtual loot farmers": People who play the games just to obtain fantasy goods that they can sell in the real world. The best loot farmers can make between six figures a year and six figures a month.Play Money is an extended walk on the weird side: a vivid snapshot of a subculture whose denizens were once the stuff of mere sociological spectacle but now -- with computer gaming poised to eclipse all other entertainments in dollar volume, and with the lines between play and work, virtual and real increasingly blurred -- look more and more like the future.

Author : Julian Dibbell
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 9780465015351
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Play Money written by Julian Dibbell and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2006-07-10 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author discusses how he earned his fortune by aquiring virtual goods during massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMPORGs) and selling them for real money on eBay.

Author : Laura Pedersen
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Play Money written by Laura Pedersen and published by Crown. This book was released on 1991 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal narrative of what happened to the author in and out of the trading pit at the AMEX over a period of nearly six years.

Author : Will Luton
Publisher : New Riders
ISBN 13 : 0133411249
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Free-to-Play written by Will Luton and published by New Riders. This book was released on 2013-05-27 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “ Will’s knowledge of F2P comes from years of building games, as well as writing about and consulting with developers on the model. All the topics covered in this book—economics, gameplay, monetization, analytics and marketing—are important to consider when you’re building an F2P game, and Will covers each with an easy-to-digest style.” —Ian Marsh, co-founder, NimbleBit Free-to-Play: Making Money From Games You Give Away is an accessible and complete guide to the business model that has revolutionized the videogames industry, creating huge hits, multi-billion-dollar startups and a new deal for players: Play for free, spend on what you like. Written by respected game designer and consultant Will Luton, Free-to-Play gives you the in-the-trenches insight you need to build, run and make money from games you give away. In it you’ll find: Psychology behind player decisions and the motivations to play Simple and accessible explanations of the math and economic theories behind F2P, including working examples Processes for capturing and using player data to improve your game Marketing tips on positioning your game and attracting players Plus: A downloadable F2P spreadsheet, articles from the author, a foreword by NimbleBit co-founder Ian Marsh and an interview with Zynga CEO, Mark Pincus.

Author : Jerry Sterner
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1557830622
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Other People's Money written by Jerry Sterner and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 1990 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This play concerns the intended hostile take-over of a deserving but obsolescent Rhode Island family business ... --dust jacket.

Author : Nancy Lobb
Publisher : Walch Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780825139444
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counting Money and Making Change written by Nancy Lobb and published by Walch Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will help students recognize coins and common bills. It includes activities in counting amounts in different combinations and making change. Also, supplies teacher materials that include reinforcement activities, a pretest, and a posttest.

Author : Ken Wilson-Max
Publisher : Jump At The Sun
ISBN 13 : 9780786805266
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Max's Money written by Ken Wilson-Max and published by Jump At The Sun. This book was released on 1999-09-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Max and his friends use their coins for the things they like, such as gumballs and magic tricks.

Author : David M Carter
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804776792
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Money Games written by David M Carter and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A compelling perspective on the evolution of sports business . . . provides an excellent roadmap to maximizing the benefits and minimizing the pitfalls.” —David Stern, NBA Commissioner The businesses behind Dubai Sports City, the branding of David Beckham, and the popularity of fantasy sports leagues are unmistakable indicators that the sports and the entertainment industries are quickly becoming one and the same. This rapid convergence has been key to the sports business industry’s continued growth and financial success. Money Games not only analyzes how industry stakeholders have monetized this convergence, but also answers this core question: how can the sports business continue to profit from the blurring of sports and entertainment? Author David M. Carter considers a wide array of implications for television content, video gaming, athlete branding, the Internet, mobile technology, gambling, sports-anchored real estate development, venue technology, and corporate marketing—in short, those areas where business opportunities exist now that sports and entertainment have become one. “Fans, sports and media executives, and even investors will find that Carter’s examination . . . of the changing landscape of sports and entertainment helps them understand their own experiences.” —Stephen A. Greyser, Harvard Business School “An invaluable resource for stakeholders hoping to monetize sports as entertainment.” —Kenneth L. Shropshire, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of The Business of Sports Agents “The strategies and tactics that all the players will want—from the boardroom to the locker room—can be found in Money Games.” —John Nendick, Ernst & Young Global Media & Entertainment Industry Leader “Identifies the challenges facing the various sports leagues in delivering fans what they want.” —Allan H. (Bud) Selig, Baseball Commissioner

Author : Sebastian Diemer
Publisher : Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag)
ISBN 13 : 395489632X
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Does money matter in predicting future events? written by Sebastian Diemer and published by Anchor Academic Publishing (aap_verlag). This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prediction markets are online trading platforms where contracts on future events are traded with payoffs being exclusively linked to event occurrence. Scientific research has shown that market prices of such contracts imply high forecasting accuracy through effective information aggregation of dispersed knowledge. This phenomenon is related to incentives for truthful aggregation in the form of real-money or play-money rewards. The question whether real- or play-money incentives enhance higher relative forecast accuracy has been addressed by previous works with diverse findings. The current state of empirical research in his field is subject to two inherent deficiencies. First, inter-market studies suffer from market disparities and differences in the definition of underlying events. Comparisons between two different platforms (one for play-money contracts, one for real-money contracts) are potentially biased by different trading behaviour. Second, the majority of studies are based upon identical datasets of market platforms (IOWA stock exchange, Tradesports/Intrade, NewsFutures).

Author : Nancy Holyoke
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1609584074
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Smart Girl's Guide: Money written by Nancy Holyoke and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical reference for young girls helps them identify personal spending styles while outlining strategies for earning money, saving funds, and making smart shopping choices as recommended through the advice of other girls.