In the virtual future you've got to organize to win
Tom Doherty Associates
May 2010
On Sale: May 11, 2010
Featuring: Mala; Matthew
480 pages ISBN: 0765322161 EAN: 9780765322166 Hardcover Add to Wish List
At any hour of the day or night, millions of people around the globe are engrossed in multiplayer online games, questing and battling to win virtual gold, jewels, and precious artifacts. Meanwhile, millions of βgold farmersβ toil in electronic sweatshops harvesting virtual treasure that their employers sell to First World gamers for real money.
Mala is a brilliant fifteen-year-old from rural India whose leadership skills in virtual combat have earned her the nickname βGeneral Robotwalla.β In China, Matthew defies his former bosses to build his own gold-farming crew. Leonard lives in Southern California and spends his nights fighting virtual battles alongside his buddies in Asia. All of these young people, and more, become entangled with the mysterious woman called Big Sister Nor, who builds them into a movement to challenge the status quo.
Fighting pitched battles in the virtual worlds of every MMORPG worth playing, Norβs network of gamers is so successful that it incurs ruthless opposition. Ultimately, Big Sisterβs people devise a plan to crash the economy of every virtual world at onceβa Ponzi scheme combined with a brilliant hack that ends up being the biggest, funnest game of all.
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