Chinese Prisoners Forced to Play WoW

At first I was appalled to learn that Chinese prisoners are being forced to play WoW in prison. But then, the more I thought about it, playing video games all day sure beats the hell out of hard labor on the chain gang. Thanks to Lethal for the link.

A former prisoner of a Chinese labor camp claims guards are forcing detainees to play online games as part of a huge money-making scam. Liu Dali told The Guardian website that guards traded the credits inmates built up playing games such as World of Warcraft for money.

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