Ludogrind Home Research Articles Machinima News Room Documentary Ludocahiers Ludosmack Ludotainment Films Hype About Contact Updates 12. 12 Grindless Play 11. 12 Primacy 11.10 Better CS 10.15 Play Cycles 9.1 MMovie 8.31 RMT, Gift Giving... 8.27 Invitation au Voyage 8.27 Research *Beyond Play 8.25 Machinima    *How to Get to Iron Forge Airport 8.24 Machinima *Dude Where's My Mount: 8.21 Ludosmack *Cultural Branding: A Medium and Beyond External Links Ban Blizzard Blizzard CALIT2 Distraction-Economy Freakonomics Julian Dibbell Kotaku Lawrence Lessig Marcus Eikenberry Mark Danger Chen Markee Dragon New World Notes No Sheep Philosonomics Raph Koster Rufus Cubed Productions Second Life Sparter State of Play Synthetic World Institute Terra Nova The Forge The Cesspit Thinking Machinima Tyler C Virtual-Economy Waterthread World of Warcraft WOW Drama WowGlider Wow Radio   NEWS ROOM The medium is no longer the entire message. Virtual worlds have become host to ordinary human interaction, creating friction that impacts our lives, ultimately leading to media interest. Check here for economic, legal, social, and cultural news and notes from around the synthetic frontier. Or virtuel: des chinois à la mine June 2007 CNN International's Future Summit - Virtual Worlds. June 2007 World Of Warcraft / Everquest Addiction News Story - ABC Philadelphia May 2007 Striking Virtual Gold May 2007 BBC: WOW - Buying Gold April 2007 Blizzard bans WoW accounts for Trading and Gifting accounts March 2007 Dissou Markee Dragon reports that Blizzard has begun to kill innocent players. The question remains: how do you kill that which has no life? How do you end systems of exploitation and other regulatory forms of cultural slavery that seek to entrap users in an endless addiction and grind towards uber mediocracy? Brain Food                          2007 Ludogrind All opinions expressed herein are solely those of Lavant All company and/or product names and logos are trademarks of their respective companies