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July 03, 2007, 03:14 PM ET
A Greenspan for Gamers
The multiplayer science-fiction game EVE Online has hired a Ph.D. economist to act as “a sort of Alan Greenspan for the virtual world,” according to a posting by the economist on the blog of the company that owns the game.
EVE Online is a massive multiplayer online game set in a science-fiction-based world where players take the role of spaceship pilots in a complex galaxy. The economist, Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, was dean of the faculty of business and science at the University of Akureyri in Iceland before joining CCP North America, which created EVE Online.
“In the real world, economic information is the cornerstone for our daily business; everyone takes note when news on inflation, production, and interest rates are announced, and traders try to predict beforehand what the news will be,” he writes in a blog entry.
“There is a constant game between the market and authorities on predicting each other’s move, and for that everyone needs information. Though EVE is a virtual world, the basic needs are the same. Players, designers, and the company leaders at CCP will all benefit from having a central figure to monitor inflation and trends and provide a focused insight into what is happening within that virtual world so that everyone can make better decisions.” —Robin Wilson
Categories: Virtual-Worlds, Research
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