For The Win by Cory Doctorow
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

On-line gamers beware!
Millions of people around the world addictively play in multiplayer online games, battling to win virtual gold, jewels, and precious artifacts. Meanwhile, millions of “gold farmers” slave in electronic sweatshops harvesting virtual treasure that their employers then sell to First World gamers for real money.

But unrest brews across the globe as slave gamers unite to create a union that challenges the status quo. From the US to China to India, young gamers fight pitched battles in the virtual world.   Their aim: crash the economy of every virtual world and win their emancipation.


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