The Chinese Game Room: Play, Productivity, and Computing at Their Limits

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Julian Dibbell

Abstract

An essay exploring the border between work and play based on the author's experiences visiting Chinese 'gold farms:' large factories with young gamers harvesting gold, i.e., virtual money and loot, from massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs).

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