So you want a job playing video games, eh?
Posted by Jonathan McNamara at 2:25 PM May 22, 2008
Admit it. You've often thought about how great life would be if you could just turn gaming into a job. Making a living by engaging in your favorite past time would be pretty sweet, wouldn't it?
Think again.
Regular readers of Wired's Beyond the Beyond blog will no doubt be aware that Shanghai native Ge Jin has shot a documentary called "Gold Farmers." As the name suggests, the documentary chronicles the existence of chinese workers who play repetitive MMORPGs like World of Warcraft to sell the items and in-game currency for real money.
These guys work in poor conditions playing monotonous video games. The worst part? They get no respect!
A Q&A with Director Ge Jin is currently up on Beyond the Beyond.
Check out a teaser of Gold Farmers courtesy of Youtube:
Think this is a new issue? Penny Arcade was spoofing it two years ago.
