Racialized Trafficking in World of Warcraft

Last week I mentioned an article that talked about the cultural borrowing we see in World of Warcraft, and today I ran across a post on New Game Plus that looks at the same topic from a different perspective – the commodification and trafficking of virtual items and characters.  The article points out that female avatars tend to sell for less than male avatars, leading to the question of how the racial typing may also impact the perceived value of the character.  Interesting food for thought.