We've all heard the semi-derisive comments regarding EVE Online's steep learning curve and correspondingly dense game play. "It's a space screensaver," some have said. "EVE - the sci-fi spreadsheet" is another one of our favorites.

While first impressions do count for something, beneath the game's nigh-impenetrable tritanium hull lurks a living, breathing economy that sets it apart from its genre competitors, a point driven home by BBC scribe Chris Vallance's interview with CCP economist Dr. Eyjolfur Gudmundsson.

Prior to signing on as the Icelandic development firm's lead economist, Dr. Gudmundsson enjoyed a successful academic career, and the opportunity to study CCP's creation proved too tempting to ignore. "I said to myself I must do this. No economist has ever before been able to have such minuscule information about transactions, about the participants of that economy. I don't regret that. It's been one hell of a ride," he says.

Treat yourself to the full article as well as a video interview by clicking here.

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EVE Online economist sees real world parallels originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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