| Overview: | Over 50 Million people log on to online role-playing games. "Second Skin" takes an intimate look at computer gamers whose lives have been transformed by the emerging, hugely popular genre of computer games like "World of Warcraft", "Second Life", and "Everquest", which allow millions of users from around the world to simultaneously interact in virtual spaces.
We meet couples who have fallen in love without meeting, disabled players whose lives have been given new purpose: Chinese gold-farming sweatshop workers, wealthy online entrepreneurs, those struggling with addiction, and legendary guild leaders--all living in a world that doesn't quite exist.
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