Reading OP&#x27;s article reminded me of <i>REAMDE</i>.<p>I&#x27;ve never really played MMOs outside of a little bit of UO and EQ in the &#x27;90s, and everything I&#x27;m reading about WoW&#x27;s gold economy is something that I thought Stephenson just came up with for <i>REAMDE</i>. I&#x27;m actually a little bit shocked that all this is real.