From the Somewhat-related-to-Chinese-gold-stealers department, there is a documentary being made about Chinese gold farmers in online games, such as World of Warcraft and Legacy, that looks phenomenal. The director, Ge Jin, is a PhD student in the Department of Communications at the University of California at San Diego and has already interviewed gold farmers in China and the U.S.
From the site:
Xiaobai started working in a gold farm serving Korean gamers in 2002. For the past four years, he traveled around China and worked in several gold farms. After being a gaming vagabond for so long, he finally established his own gold farm with a friend in Jinhua. His gold farm is growing into an enterprise famous for power leveling (raising the level of customers’ virtual characters) in World of Warcraft. He has to deal with government officials, brokers, customers from all over the world, and a volatile body of employees…
Changmao was a member of a gang in a small town called Lishui. Some residents in Lishui say that the town feels a lot safer even since the emergence of gold farms and there are less unemployed youngsters wondering around and looking for fights. He started working in a gold farm one year ago. Now he is persuading other gang members to join him to fight virtual enemies…
The director has opened up the project to ask for submissions by other gold farmers. Overall, it looks like it could be a real interesting project.
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