Ge Jin, PhD candidate in
Communication at UCSD, is
researching areas of the
computer gaming culture in
China, real money trade in
online games and documentary
filmmaking. In China, a new
kind of factory hires people
to play online games like
World of Warcraft and Lineage
and produce in-game currency,
equipment, high-level

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Ge Jin, PhD candidate in
Communication at UCSD, is
researching areas of the
computer gaming culture in
China, real money trade in
online games and documentary
filmmaking. In China, a new
kind of factory hires people
to play online games like
World of Warcraft and Lineage
and produce in-game currency,
equipment, high-level
characters and other virtual
goods. Affluent gamers from
Korea, Europe and America pay
real money for these virtual
goods to quickly raise their
status in games. Jin's
research takes a close look at
how these factories, commonly
known as 'gold farms',
organize the production and
distribution of virtual goods.

Category Gadgets & Games

Tags Chinese, Gold, Farms, World, of, Warcraft, Ge, Jin, Calit2, UCSD, CRCA