NPR covers Chinese gold farmers
This story isn’t big news at all for anyone who’s played MMOs for any span of time recently, but it’s interesting to see it air on something as widely heard as NPR’s Morning Edition.
Playing online games for 12 hours is a fulltime job for thousands of Chinese workers. They’re accumulating virtual money — or “gold” — which they can sell for real cash. But it’s a dull and labor-intensive job with limited payoffs.