In Venezuela In 2019, where, 96 percent of RuneScape gold the population had less than the global poverty limit of $1.90 per day, according to an assessment conducted by a Venezuelan university, Marinez has done better than many.

Alongside the pocket change he earns while working in a local pizzeria, Marinez earns around 60 dollars a month playing RuneScape that is enough to buy rice and cornmeal for arepas as well as rice for himself and his younger sister. For Marinez, toiling away online isn't just about the arepas. It's about escape, even if he is of the opinion that medieval fantasy is boring.

In the midst of one of the most devastating economic downturns in the last 45 years outside of a war, he and other in Venezuela have turned toward gaming on video to help them survive as well as a possible route to migration. Playing video games doesn't imply sitting at a desk. It can mean movement. Hunting herbiboars in RuneScape can finance today's food as well as the future of the world with Colombia or Chile Countries where Marinez is a member of the family.

In the Caribbean Sea in Atlanta, almost 2,000 miles away from Marinez is Bryan Mobley. In his teen years He played RuneScape continuously, he told me during a phone conversation. "It was entertaining. It was a way to clearly get away from buy OSRS gold homework, shit like this," he said.