Hardly Working

AnimationDocumentary

★ 6.7/10202221m

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.

Runtime

21m

Language

English

Released

Aug 3, 2022

Runtime

21m

Language

English

Released

Aug 3, 2022

Cast

A_F_M_ASBtownfolk_02

"The Street Sweeper"

A_F_M_SDslums_02

"The Laundress"

A_M_M_NBXdockworkers_01

"The Carpenter"

A_M_M_VALlaborer_01

"The Stable Hand"

Jacob Banigan

Narrator

Hardly Working

Cast

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