Links

A video blog of this project is broadcasted on Youtube (viewed more than 500,000 times since March 2006), the following is an example.

Chinese Gold Farmers, an article by Ge Jin, Consumers, Commodities and Consumption, April 2006

The Daedalus Project: online research on MMORPGs by Nick Yee

Play Money by Julian Dibbell

State of Play IV Conference: Building the Global Metaverse

Is gaming sweatshop a myth? (a thread from the blog Terra Nova)

The New New Economy: Earning Real Money in the Virtual World (from knowledge@wharton)

New York Times: Ogre to Slay? Outsource it to China

Virtual China Blog: an exploration of virtual experiences and environments in and about China

Topgameplayer.com: an example of power-leveling service

Gold Farmers Wikipedia