What has the (virtual) world come to?

$26,500 for a tropical island, sounds too good to be true, right? Of course it is, because this piece of volcanic rock doesn't actually exist in the real world; it is a piece of a virtual real estate found in the MMORPG Project Entropia. After reading this article, which details this act of fiscal irresponsibility, I am taken aback by three facts:

1. Australians have internet connections.
2. That it is plausible that David Storey, the nut in question, could make a profit off of leasing virtual mining & hunting rights.
3. There are people--educated people, mind you--who study the economies of virtual worlds.

I am not so sure about intelligent life on Earth, but if it is to be found, I am now betting it will be discovered in a video game.

Go to Hell

I will never be able to afford wasting $26,500 in a year--college doesn't count, since I already graduated, however, if I did have that kind of money it would be wasted on pizza, porn and pork products.