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This story is from the category Life
Date posted: 22/03/2006
A new TV documentary about people who work for a living farming virtual goods in sweatshops for 12 hours a day has been produced. These players, most often chinese, play massive multiplayer gameworlds like World of Warcraft and Lineage for many hours a day, obtaining virtual items or developing characters that can then be sold to other players for cash.
Ge Jin, a PhD student from the University of California at San Diego is the maker of the documentary, showing the other side of a growing phenomenon. The documentary is yet to be titled, or released in full.
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