In Real Life is a short graphic novel about gaming and gold farming with a little lesson about economics thrown in from, Cory Doctorow. It's not very subtle and definitely aimed at the younger end of young adult. Anda befriends a poor Chinese player in Coarsegold Online. Raymond is a gold farmer, working long hours for low pay but he also loves the game and plays it in his spare time too. Anda falls in with a crowd who are paid to kill gold farmers, leaving her with a choice.

Raymond explains to Anda how he hurt his back and doesn't get healthcare in his job. She decides to make him campaign for it, without really knowing his circumstances or how well strikes go down in China... It's a bit ironic an American preaching about healthcare when theirs is such a mess. Anyway, Jen Wang's artwork is cute and it does try and make a point.