Edward CastronovaRecently I've been hit up a few times for resources on virtual economy design. I haven't written that paper yet, nor has the other most prominent academic virtual economy guru, Vili Lehdonvirta. No, instead we decided to write a book on the subject, which should be coming out next year. Meanwhile, though, here are some links that will help. Vili's talk on currency design Simon Ludgate (what a great name!) at Gamasutra Matthew Warneford on pricing virtual items Richard Bartle's chapter on virtual economy design in his book Julian Huehnermann's hands-on balancing And finally, I would keep a close eye...