The Ever-Expanding Metaverse

The phenomenon of Massively Multi-Player On-Line Role-Playing Games has been on the Trends radar screen for quite some time. But, only in the past year have the numbers grown to the point where this virtual world has serious implications for the real world. Where is it going from here? What are the opportunities and threats for investors, advertisers, and others? We’ll tell you what you need to know to stay in the game.

From practically the first moment that there were computers to play with, peopl.....