Who Buys In-Game Property for $335,000? This Guy.
Think you’re a hardcore gamer? It can be argued that nobody is more hardcore than the guy who spends enough for a decently sized house – on a video game. Yan Panasjuk, a software engineer living in Boston, recently paid $335,000 real world dollars for a number of properties in the Entropia online gaming universe, including the popular destination Club Neverdie. This busts the previous record held, also within the same game, for a $330,000 purchase of the Crystal Palace Space Station. Panasjuk intends to maximize his investment, much like a real-world investor, by devoting his time and energy…