Doctorow on online gaming
“At any hour of the day or night, millions of people around the globe are engrossed in multiplayer online games, questing and battling to win virtual ‘gold,’ jewels, and precious artifacts. Meanwhile, others seek to exploit this vast shadow economy, running electronic sweatshops in the world’s poorest countries, where countless ‘gold farmers,’ bound to their work by abusive contracts and physical threats, harvest virtual treasure for their employers to sell to First World gamers who are willing to spend real money to skip straight to higher-level gameplay.”
Cory Doctorow’s new novel For the Win. Download here.
POSTED Monday May 10th


