Hardly Working

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.

• Susanna FlockDirector
• Robin KlengelDirector
• Leonhard MüllnerDirector
• Michael StumpfDirector
• Leonhard MüllnerWriter
• Michael StumpfWriter
• Robin KlengelWriter
• Susanna FlockWriter

• 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 BaniganNarrator