Gamer buys virtual space station

[fac51]

Nice story on BBC News, this was a real bargain.

A virtual space resort being built in the online role-playing game, Project Entropia, has been snapped up for $100,000 (?56,200).

Jon Jacobs, aka Neverdie, won the auction for the as yet unnamed resort in the game, which lets thousands of players interact with each other.

Entropia also allows gamers to buy and sell virtual items using real cash.

The space station is billed as a "pleasure paradise". Last year, a gamer bought an island for $26,500 (?13,700).

The space station is described as a "monumental project" in the "treacherous, but mineral rich" Paradise V Asteroid Belt and comes with mining and hunting taxation rights.

With the price tag also comes mall shopping booth and market stall owner deeds, a land management system, a billboard marketing system, and space station naming rights.

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[Eamonn]

would be funny if the game company went bust!

[117]

this was a real bargain.

can i just double-check that you're employing the art of sarcasm here please?

[fac51]

no i think it was a real bargain, i wish i had that sort of money so i could have bought it myself