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Re:How I helped destroy Star Wars Galaxies by buckeyeCoder on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @01:31PM (#3676534)
REAMDE (http://www.amazon.com/Reamde-Novel-Neal-Stephenson/dp/006197...) by Neal Stephenson is an interesting, fictional take on what might happen if an MMORPG embraced the farmers.

It's also a really quick read for a Stephenson book.

Re:How I helped destroy Star Wars Galaxies by 9999 on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @07:40PM (#3678071)
I don't know how this slipped under my radar, thanks for the recommendation!

Play Money is a fantastic non-fiction account of online gaming economies if anyone wants a more extensive non-fiction treatment of the topic.