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I am commenting on Jennifer Wong’s presentation about ‘The Practice of Gold Farming in Online Games’. Her presentation showed how gold farming has become a big business online and the negative and positive impact it has on individuals. She outlined that players in third-world countries are employed by entrepreneurs to collect as much gold as possible in the games, which are then sold to players around the world. The business of gold farming has under aged individuals employed and most of them drop out of school and leave their family in order to work extended hours to collect the gold. This is all to the advantage of the entrepreneurs who are gaining the income from this.

I must say that this was a really good presentation and topic because it gave me a new insight into online gaming. Also, the issue of child labor, enslavement and human trafficking were all highlighted in this presentation. Gold farming has more negative than positive impacts on individuals.