Reading OP's article reminded me of REAMDE. I've never really played MMOs outside of a little bit of UO and EQ in the '90s, and everything I'm reading about Wo

Reading OP's article reminded me of REAMDE. I've never really played MMOs outside of a little bit of UO and EQ in the '90s, and everything I'm reading about WoW's gold economy is something that I thought Stephenson just came up with for REAMDE. I'm actually a little bit shocked that all this is real.