Here's Some Work That I Don't Mind Outsourcing

The Chinese seem to have cornered a developing market: video games. They're not doing it by developing new video games. They're turning PLAYING video games into a business.

Many online video games are role playing games (RPGs). They require hours, just to build a character that can compete and survive in the online world. Many players, who may already forking over monthly subscription fees, are paying to have other players build their characters up to a respectable level.

This "work" is finding its way into China, where young people are happy to play video games for pennies an hour in what the article dubbed "virtual sweat shops." As with the Pokemon and Magic card game craze, powerful characters are also being auctioned for big bucks online.

Truly, this is becoming a leisure economy.