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.
A_F_M_ASBtownfolk_02
"The Street Sweeper"
A_F_M_SDslums_02
"The Laundress"
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"The Carpenter"
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"The Stable Hand"
Jacob Banigan
Narrator
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