Poor People as Video Game NPCs
Futurism Desperately Poor People Could Be NPCs in Video Games "With the cheap labor of a developing country, you could use people in the Philippines as NPCs." WEDNESDAY by VICTOR TANGERMANN
An article screenshot shows a Minecraft-style city with blocky characters beneath a headline suggesting that people from the Philippines could be used as NPCs because of cheap labor. The joke is a dark, satirical comparison between exploitative labor and non-player characters in video games, making it a reaction to absurd or dystopian ideas about outsourcing. EN: An article screenshot shows a Minecraft-style city with blocky characters beneath a headline suggesting that people from the Philippines could be used as NPCs because of cheap labor. The joke is a dark, satirical comparison between exploitative labor and non-player characters in video games, making it a reaction to absurd or dystopian ideas about outsourcing.
- @sbunem / 38664 2023-01-30
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- darkly satirical
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