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bits.blogs.nytimes.com - 12/25/2008
World of Warcraft Players Need Not Apply
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Do World of Warcraft players make good workers? A recruiter says no, a venture capitalist says yes. Let the battle begin!
bbc.co.uk - 12/30/2008
Gaming is good for you
— bbc.co.uk — The news that gaming is good for you socially and educationally will come as glad tidings for... many in the world of gaming, albeit that it's something they have undoubtedly been saying for years. But now the endorsement is coming from Big Blue. ... (more) Gaming is good for you

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sk-gaming.com - 12/23/2008
World of Warcraft: World of Warcraft, the restaurant
— sk-gaming.com — Blizzard themselves once joked about opening a chain of Blizzard themed fast food restaurants aptly named "Burgercraft",... but as we all know, China takes the internet very seriously. The restaurant is decked out with World of Warcraft paraphernalia, ... (more) World of Warcraft: World of Warcraft, the restaurant

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My Fundraising Page
pages.teamintraining.org - 12/28/2008
My Fundraising Page
— pages.teamintraining.org — 'Tis the season for giving... ...So this year... Give a cancer patient and their family some hope!... From now till January 5th, when you make a donation of $25 to the LLS via this website and leave either "For the Alliance!" or "For the Horde!" as a ... (more) My Fundraising Page

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Roundup: FriendFinder files for IPO to pay off debts, fallout continues from Madoff’s scheme
VentureBeat — ... — An impressive milestone for arguably the world’s most popular game, but will the players be able to get jobs? ...

Mixed Signals On The Value Of World Of Warcraft In Moving Up The Corporate Ladder
Techdirt — Just a few weeks ago, the NY Times had a blog post talking about how some recruiters were telling World of Warcraft players to avoid mentioning their gaming on resumes, as many employers were telling recruiters to avoid gamers, on the theory they "cannot give 100 percent because their focus is elsewhere [and] their sleeping patterns are often not great..." Of course, in different companies, you get very different views on that same subject -- and CIO magazine is running a profile of Starbucks' new CIO, where they actually ...

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