Its Kickstarter ended in November 2012 with an impressive $2.1m raised, but the money keeps rolling in. When it comes to headlines, though, you'd be forgiven for thinking Star Citizen was all about the money. It's also a poster child for graphics-card-melting PC gaming, looks the business and is made by one of our favourite sons: Mr Wing Commander himself, Chris Roberts. It's a hugely ambitious space simulation driven by a massively multiplayer online persistent world with a first-person shooter portion and a single-player story bolted on. Star Citizen is one of the more fascinating video games in development right now. Kane is just one of many making money out of a grey market fuelled by that promise - and it exists underneath the covers of Star Citizen's gargantuan success. They're just £1000 ideas, the promise of that most base fantasy: exploring the galaxy in your very own - and very exclusive - spaceship. But what makes Star Citizen's grey market special is that in many cases the spaceships that are bought and sold can't be used in the game yet. These days, the second-hand sale of virtual goods is a tired story. "These transactions are helping me in these difficult times," he says. Like so many Spaniards affected by the economic crisis, he was recently made redundant, but the bills keep on coming. "Kane" won't tell me how much he's made as a Star Citizen middleman.
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