For the Win [electronic resource]
Cory Doctorow2010
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A provocative and exhilarating tale of teen rebellion against global
corporations from the New York Times bestselling author ofLittle Brother
<https://unglue.it/work/114446/> a call to arms for a new generation. Not far in
the future in the twenty-first century, it's not just capital that's globalized:
labour is too. Workers in special economic zones are trapped in lives of poverty
with no trade unions to represent their rights. But a group of teenagers from
across the world are set to fight this injustice using the most surprising of
tools - their online video games. In Industrial South China Matthew and his
friends labour day and night as gold-farmers, amassing virtual wealth that's
sold on to rich Western players, while in the slums of Mumbai 'General
Robotwallah' Mala marshalls her team of online thugs on behalf of the local
gang-boss, who in turn works for the game-owners. They're all being exploited,
as their friend Wei-Dong, all the way over in LA, knows, but can do ...
Main title:
For the Win [electronic resource] / Cory Doctorow
Author:
Cory Doctorow, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : , 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780765322166
Language:
English
BRN:
427593
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