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The New Gold Rush (Ep. 8)

Gamecraft

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The Evolution of Virtual Economy in Games

This episode is our attempt to unpack the evolution of these new digital gold mines. There's so many nuances between every single virtual game economy that we could probably spend an entire episode just analyzing Axie or Habitat. The most obvious economic activity in games is paying for things with real money. Grinding, ratting and leveling are all labor activities that players engage in for in-game benefits.

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