Send an email to Yanis Varoufakis @ Valve. He's the economics guy doing analysis of in-game economies and applying various machine learning techniques to determ

Send an email to Yanis Varoufakis @ Valve. He's the economics guy doing analysis of in-game economies and applying various machine learning techniques to determine pricing strategies, etc. I suspect even if that doesn't appeal, there'd be a bunch of interesting work that could use someone with your background.