Players in developing countries could work as NPCs in wealthier players’ worlds, according to one game consultant.

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Highlights

• A game consultant says players in developing countries could work as NPCs in wealthier players’ worlds.
• Gamers in roleplay servers for ‘Grand Theft Auto V’s NoPixel already volunteer to act as characters who work in various positions in the virtual world.
• The ethics of exploiting NPCs as disposable beings has been a staple of science fiction, recently explored in HBO’s “Westworld” and Hollywood action comedy “Free Guy” Some find the idea of making real-life people across the globe roleplay as automaton-like NPCs dehumanizing them dehumanizing their humaneness.
• The idea raises questions surrounding the ethics of Web3 gaming more generally.

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