China: Down on the gold farm

AsiaPundit showcases a video clip of Chinese rural communities engaged in “gold-farming”, where players work their way through the lower levels of online games on behalf of others, in return for virtual currency. These “gold farmers” work every day, in 12-hour shifts, playing computer games to harvest gold coins and other virtual goods that can be transformed into real cash, according to We Make Money Not Art.

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