Escapism In The Time Of Layoffs

The Wall Street Journal has a nice little article up about laid off employees getting into games and social media networks as a way to escape the grim reality that they’re out of a job.

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I’m kind of sad that the example they use is someone h25 com สล็อต​ who’s resorted to Big Fish Games. I don’t mind so much that they’re only pointing to an increase in casual game consumption, but I think it’d be more of a statement for someone to turn to World of Warcraft in their jobless state.

https://kotaku.com/casual-online-pc-games-on-the-up-up-5141583

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