When Playing Video Games Is Not Just a Waste of Time

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For the past 16 months, more than 200 people - everyone from shy librarians to video-game know-it-alls - have navigated their way into the Midtown offices of Large Animal Games and been paid $25 to work 45-minute sessions as video-game testers. ...

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