Psst! Buddy! Wanna Buy a Space Station?

Jon Jacobs just spent $100,000 to purchase a virtual space resort in the online game Project Entropia. Smart move, dumb move, or sharp PR move?

On October 24, Jon Jacobs spent the equivalent of $100,000 in an auction for a virtual space resort in the online game Project Entropia, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). The auction began October 21, 2005, with a starting price of one Project Entropia Dollar (PED)