After a hard day of work, many come home and play mind-numbing video games to escape from reality for a while. But what if, after a full day of hard physical labor, you came home and were forced to play those games through all hours of the night? Quickly, the escapism of video games becomes its own harsh reality. This is exactly the narrative that the Guardian found unfolding in Jixi labor camp in China.
A former inmate at the camp tells of hard days of manual labor followed by bleary-eyed nights playing online games in order to accrue virtual credits for resale, a practice referred to as "gold farming."
WORK SMARTER - LEARN, GROW AND BE INSPIRED.
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