[yahoo] Gamer buys $26,500 virtual land

[Greg Bernhardt]

An Australian gamer spends $26,500 on a virtual island that exists only in a PC role-playing game.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/technology/4104731.stm

[Chronos]

Pretty obsessive, is it not? But MMO gamers spending real money for virtual possessions is common practice. In a game I've been known to play numerous items, up to and including entire accounts, have been auctioned off on ebay. I never heard of anything fetching that high a price, but I have heard of stuff going for a grand or more. Humans, go figure.

[Math Is Hard]

And he's only 22 years old! Where'd he get that kinda dough?
Dang rich kids. I bet he rips up and throws away his broken laptops,too.

[BoulderHead]

If such can suffice, it's would seem an inexpensive alternative to the real Mac-oey.