Kim Kardashian Is a Gaming Success and You Can Be, Too

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Kim K's game app, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, is so popular that it pulled in $43.4 million for San Francisco's Glu Games in the last quarter, according to the International Business Times. Though the game is free to download, players are spending big money on digital outfits to work their way up from shop girls (and boys) to the upper echelons of Tinseltown's sub-A list. The hit app has turned Kim into an unlikely tech success story, leading to invites to conferences like Re/Code's Code Mobile get together in October. For all you retail clerks struggling to make ends meet while waiting for San Francisco's minimum wage to increase, just remember: With a lot of work, killer contouring, and a megahit reality TV show, you, too, can go from working retail to becoming a surprise gaming mogul.
· 'Kim Kardashian: Hollywood' Game Pulled In $34 Million In Third Quarter [IBT]
· Kim Kardashian West on Social Media, Mobile Games and Her Polarizing Fame [Re/Code]