Further on down the page you'll find a post called The Borderlands Gun Collector's Club (http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2012/03/borderlands-gun-collectors-club

Further on down the page you'll find a post called The Borderlands Gun Collector's Club (http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2012/03/borderlands-gun-collectors-club.html http://steve-yegge.blogspot.com/2012/03/borderlands-gun-coll...), and it turns out to be a fascinating explanation of an accidental token economy in Borderlands and is definitely worth a read.