links for 2007-06-20

[Voice Chat Can Really Kill the Mood on WoW](http://www.wired.com/gaming/virtualworlds/commentary/games/2007/06/games_frontiers_0617)
How the introduction of voice chat completely change the nature of communities in online games
(tags: [games](http://del.icio.us/adders/games) [mmorpgs](http://del.icio.us/adders/mmorpgs) [voice](http://del.icio.us/adders/voice) [community](http://del.icio.us/adders/community) [communities](http://del.icio.us/adders/communities) [communication](http://del.icio.us/adders/communication) [identity](http://del.icio.us/adders/identity) [wow](http://del.icio.us/adders/wow))
[The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer](http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazine/17lootfarmers-t.html?ei=5088&en=a6282d1ddf608fc1&ex=1339732800&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all)
A fascinating looking into the unapproved online businesses that form around MMORPGs
(tags: [business](http://del.icio.us/adders/business) [games](http://del.icio.us/adders/games) [gaming](http://del.icio.us/adders/gaming) [internet](http://del.icio.us/adders/internet) [money](http://del.icio.us/adders/money) [onlinegames](http://del.icio.us/adders/onlinegames) [wow](http://del.icio.us/adders/wow) [mmorpgs](http://del.icio.us/adders/mmorpgs) [goldfarming](http://del.icio.us/adders/goldfarming) [community](http://del.icio.us/adders/community) [china](http://del.icio.us/adders/china))