Gold farming

/ɡˈəʊld fˈɑːmɪŋ/

/ɡˈoʊld fˈɑːɹmɪŋ/

Gold farming

the practice of devoting long hours into playing a specific game in order to collect in-game currency and related assets and make money by selling them to other players

Examples

1. So going back to the gold farming example, we often see large-scale gold farming operations in Venezuela or Pakistan, places that capitalize upon this concept of virtual labor arbitrage.

2. So going back to the gold farming example, we often see large-scale gold farming operations in Venezuela or Pakistan, places that capitalize upon this concept of virtual labor arbitrage.

3. But I would preface it by saying-- even going back to the early '90s with gold farming in video games-- I mentioned myself with Runescape and stuff-- that stuff's been going on for years.