So Why Should a Recruiter Disqualify WoW Players?
December 16, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Ramblings of a Gadget Geek
Here’s a story of a recruiter instructed not to refer World of Warcraft players:
He replied that employers specifically instruct him not to send them World of Warcraft players. He said there is a belief that WoW players cannot give 100% because their focus is elsewhere, their sleeping patterns are often not great, etc. I mentioned that some people have written about MMOG leadership experience as a career positive or a way to learn project management skills, and he shook his head. He has been specifically asked to avoid WoW players. (source)
I totally understand the expectation that avid WoW players have …read more
Exercising With WoW
September 26, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Home Entertainment
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to realize that spending the whole day playing WoW a fat gamer makes. With a little creativity however, it’s easy to imagine a treadmill hooked up to a PC, use for exercise within the game world! The benefits of such a setup, at the very least, are substantial.
