Chinese prisoners forced to play video games to mine

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Prison bosses made more money forcing inmates to play games than they do forcing people to do manual labour,” former prisoner Liu Dali told the paper. “There were 300 prisoners forced to play games. We worked 12-hour shifts in the camp. I heard them say they could earn 5,000-6,000 renminbi [$750 to $900 CDN] a day. We didn’t see any of the money. The computers were never turned off,” added Dali, whose name was changed for publication.

@KulliK357 Said

Hah, i actually play WoW nowadays, i'm gonna look at that game quite a bit differently now :P

@someone_else Said

Now if you run across someone mindlessly farming gold and they won't talk to you, you're going to be wondering if they're in prison in China.

@plebian_angel Said

So true But still...what a way to use people

@someone_else Said

Yes, but if I had to choose between manual labor and gold farming on WoW, I'd take farming any day.

@jmo Said

You can 'buy' Gold on Wow? Who the hell would waste their money on in-game gold when it's really easily available on the game anyway?

@jmo Said

You can 'buy' Gold on Wow? Who the hell would waste their money on in-game gold when it's really easily available on the game anyway?