What Does Gold Farming Look Like?

By Ian

It's a subject I've mentioned a few times before: gold farming and real money trading. Chinese people play online video games to win items, build characters, or simply amass gold in order to sell it via eBay to customers hoping to buy modifcations or advancement on games like World of Warcraft, Lineage II, Second Life, and others. Now, a student at UCSD is putting together a documentary on the phenomenon.

See a preview here. The interviews are captivating, and it gives a great overall sense as to the real-life mechanics behind the market for online goods. (Via TerraNova.)

-- March 13, 2006 3:34 PM |

Comments

Kevin Brancato wrote:

Excellent view of the work conditions and lifestyle of gold farmers! But I still want to know how long of a day they work, and how much money they make for it. How does such work compare to working in a plastics factory or a sweatshop or in Wal-Mart China? How long do the famers think their profession will last? What of potential alternative careers?

-- March 14, 2006 8:58 AM ∞

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