Phil Torrone says: "My wife plays those multiplayer games like World of Warcraft and Star Wars Galaxies. With populations of real people in the millions, it's pretty insane. One thing I noticed is the "crafting" culture. On one of the games she plays, all the gear — weapons, everything — is made by players. You have to mine the soil, build stuff, it's neat. So I had her make a video.
She tells me there are people who are fashion designers, that make virtual (and real) money making clothes.
The art of crafting in many MMOs (Massive Multiplayer Online Game) can be just as sophisticated and as satisfying as being an artisan in the real world. Depending on the complexity invovled it can take a great deal of time to learn all the ins and out of an ingame crafting system. This video How-To is a beginner guide to one element of crafting in the Star Wars Galaxies universe: surveying for materials.
Reader comment: Callum says: Thought the BB readers might also be interested in a pair of videos about making/building/selling stuff in our virtual world – Second Life. Both were made by residents and demonstrate the practically limitless variety of things you can create in world along with some background on how it can become immensely lucrative. Here and here.
