"I never -- truly never -- cease to be amazed by the virtual commodities scene. From the Gaming Open Market for that "Second Life goes NASDAQ" fix, to the bowels of the ever-expanding-ever-sucking-the-life-from-its-competion giant IGE, to the Be Prepared for Anything wasteland of eBay, to Sony Online's above board, now-legit-because-we-decided-to-stop-being-stupid-about-it Station Exchange. We're a capitalist society of instant gratification fanatics, and there's nothing wrong with that (okay, there's probably plenty wrong with that, but still)."
She then goes on to talk about PowerLevel.org, where for 900 bucks, they will power level your WoW account to level 60!
That is when the article turns toward having nothing to do with SL, but I thought it was worth a mention, as this is the first time I have seen SL mentioned in one of the major gaming magazines (I subscribe to all the major gaming magazines).
*eagerly anticipates more mentions in the trade mags*