Games and gamers have always been unfairly targeted for violence, witchcraft and whatever else stirs the pot in conservative conversation. After all we’re just a bunch of fat, jobless losers right? We learn to kill, rape and jack vehicles from video games right? Of course not, but we have learnt a few tricks from games even when we don’t acknowledge it. Have you ever sat back and thought about what practical skills... 

  What happens when you take a silly little internet fad, try it at work, and then post it on Twitter? Um you kinda get fired. Well at least if you are a supervisor at Gamestop. Apparently former Gamestop employee John Mazzocchi thought it was a cool idea to get his “planking” fix while on the clock. He would then later discover that tweeting his feat ended up costing him his job. The funny part of this story is the... 

As much as I try to keep it a secret, I’m a World of Warcraft player and have been for a few years or so. In my time I’ve quit the game at least 4 times. By “quit” I mean actively going into my account and cancelling payment. I always had relatively the same reason for quitting, but I always came back. It wasn’t until recently that it all made sense. I’ve gone through different phases of my MMO experience. It started...