Remember the gold farmers in China who put in eye-straining hours to earn virtual money in World of Warcraft?  Gold farming has now made the leap to the country's corrupt penal system. Along with back-breaking physical labor and manufacturing work in Chinese labour camps, some prisoners are forced to play massively multiplayer online games to accrue in-game credits.  Inmates work in 12 hour shifts, and are beaten or tortured if they fall behind their quotas for the day. The virtual 'gold' is sold to players around the world eager to move ahead in the game. After games became jobs, it was inevitable that games would also become punishment.


Via: Guardian.  Image via IgxPro.

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