Hardly Working
An ethnographic exploration of the work and daily life of non-player characters, the digital extras in video games. Their labor loops, activity patterns as well as bugs and malfunctions paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.
Genres: Animation, Documentary
Cast: A_F_M_ASBtownfolk_02, A_F_M_SDslums_02, A_M_M_NBXdockworkers_01, A_M_M_VALlaborer_01, Jacob Banigan
Status: Released
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