Wired’s Resume Advice for Gamers

From Wired: You Play World of Warcraft? You’re Hired!: Why multiplayer games may be the best kind of job training. Seriously, don’t put your gaming credentials on a resume and think that I’m going to hire you. Skills in guild management may very well directly translate into real life job skills, but I know the true impact: sick days are for getting some extra gaming time.

The Expanding Chinese Wallet

From the People’s Daily Online, where I get all my Chinese gaming news, China to implement online gamer identity authentication system in June: “Online gamers will have to enter authentic identity information to play games from June onwards, enabling parents to check their children’s online gaming history, reports Tuesday’s Beijing Daily Messenger.” That sounds so innocuous, doesn’t it?