{"id":6652,"date":"2006-03-23T10:53:18","date_gmt":"2006-03-23T17:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/23\/chinese-virtual-miners-terra-nova\/"},"modified":"2006-03-23T10:53:18","modified_gmt":"2006-03-23T17:53:18","slug":"chinese-virtual-miners-terra-nova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/03\/chinese-virtual-miners-terra-nova\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese virtual miners &#8211; Terra Nova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFrom Terra Nova (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-china.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Virtual China<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/terranova.blogs.com\/terra_nova\/2006\/03\/disembodiment_h.html#more\" target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>):\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nGe Jin, a PhD student from UCSD, is making a video documentary of the gold farming phenomenon. The documentary preview shows some of his interviews with Chinese workers in various gold farming workshops. In our conversations over email, he has brought up some interesting points based on his observations. He&#8217;s also looking for feedback and suggestions for important research questions and different points of view.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nSee a video clip from the documentary <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=ho5Yxe6UVv4\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Terra Nova (via Virtual China) (link): Ge Jin, a PhD student from UCSD, is making a video documentary of the gold farming phenomenon. The documentary preview shows some of his interviews with Chinese workers in various gold farming workshops. 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