A few weeks ago we heard how WoW was cracking down on gold sellers (3 Point Games article ).  Here is an inside look at the sweatshops producing all that coin.

Twelve hours a day, seven nights a week with only a few days off per month earning an effective wage of 30 cents an hour.  “We no longer went to fight the big boss monsters,” Min said. “We were ordered to stay in one place doing the same thing again and again. Everyday I was looking at the same thing. I could not stand it.”

Julian Dibbell is the author of this article that appeared in The NY Times magazine last Sunday.  Its an intriguing look at the phenomenon of selling virtual goods for real money.