Virtual Good

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Throw a sheep at another player in Farmville. That sheep? It's a virtual good (and they make excellent weapons in a sheep war).

A "good" is a product, a toy, a widget, a monkeybar. If it's virtual, it doesn't really exist in the form of atoms and molecules; it exists as numbers, or data representations, i.e. only in cyberspace...virtually.

If you aren't getting it, see The Matrix and then come tell us all about your insights.



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