{"id":72,"date":"2012-03-03T22:06:18","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T06:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/bio12\/?p=72"},"modified":"2012-03-03T22:11:49","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T06:11:49","slug":"for-the-win-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/bio12\/2012\/03\/03\/for-the-win-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"For the Win Part I"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the Win<\/em><\/a> is a novel about a few teenage characters in China, India, and the U.S. that are engrossed in the world of gaming. Mala, Wei Dong, Mathew, and their friends all work endless hours in order to hoard all the gold they can in the virtual world. This gold is then sold to people who would like to go on to advance levels without doing all the work. Of course, all of this labor creates huge conflicts between everyone that is involved. Cory Doctorow, the author, is a blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who favors liberalising copyright laws. His novel, For the Win<\/em>, is written for young adults and others who are interested in the gaming world.<\/p>\n

I was really hesitant about reading this book because all of this gaming hype seems so foreign to me. Although I still don’t really like this whole concept of the gaming economy, I found some things that were really interesting in the first part of the novel. A lot of these characters are completely immersed in the gaming world, however they seem to be more connected to the real world than other people are. An example includes how Wei Dong realizes that his father’s company is not far from its end when his father is completely ignoring this thought. He realizes that all of the materialism around him will not last forever and that people are stuck in their “bubbles.” I found this notion to be opposing to my own thoughts on gamers. I think that gamers are stuck in their own world and eventually can’t see reality as it really is. But, Doctorow shows the opposite happening here. Also, I never knew that such a gaming market ever existed. So, this concept is completely new to me. I feel sad for all of those people that work hours and hours on games and barely get paid. The world is becoming more and more digitized by the day. Who knows what new industries will pop up in the coming years.<\/p>\n

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