Some light reading: Ethnography of Massively Multiplayer On-line Games

Student research papers on World of Warcraft done in an university setting. WOW is really getting a lot of press. Here's a NPR report on MMOs with WOW being highlighted. This is related to my earlier post on Second Life.

*** UPDATED 2005-12-08 *** - An article on Gold-Farming in the news! Wow. Virtual problems.