Bosses Caught Gaming More Than Employees; ‘Resident Evil 5’ Gets Greedy

Bosses, Employees Caught Gaming

Bosses are getting caught playing video games at work, more often than their employees are, so says a new poll.
And when employees and bosses game together online, three out of four employees do not feel compelled to let their bosses win.
The findings from a poll of 1,418 American workers as commissioned by Candystand.com:
[] 58 percent of employees say bosses have been caught in the act, while 46 percent of employees have been spotted gaming on the job.
[] 75 percent of employees say they don’t “feel obligated to let their boss win in an online game.”
[] 58 percent of workers say the crapconomy has impacted their jobs.
[] 52 percent say they are playing more games than before.
[] 64 percent say they game at least once a day.
[] 35 percent play many times a day.
[] Of them, 18 percent say gaming relieves their stress.
[] Teachers are the biggest at-work gamers. They comprise 18 percent of employee gamers.
[] Retail, sales and non-teaching government workers are the next-biggest gamers, each segment comprising 6 percent of employee gamers.
[] 11 percent say they game for the competition.

4.5 Million People Gave Greedy ‘Resident Evil 5’ A Test Run

Friday’s big video game release is “Resident Evil 5” ($60 for Xbox 360 and PS 3; rated “M” for mature). It will be getting three out of four stars from me. It’s good, but I don’t love the halting-shooting feel of it. Although, there’s more fun in the online cooperative mode (you and another gamer teaming up against zombies).
But “RE 5” will make crazy amounts of money. A staggering 4.5 million people downloaded the short demo of “Resident Evil 5” through Sony’s online PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live.
So far, the Capcom game’s garnering very good reviews nationally. The average ranking of the game is 83.79 out of 100, according to the aggregate score kept by critics compiler GameRankings.com.
Capcom says it will add a “versus” mode to the online game in weeks to come, so you and up to three other gamers can take each other on in a death match or in one-on-one skirmishes. The terrible, greedy news: It will cost Xboxers and PS 3ers an extra $5 to download what should be free with the $60 game.
Better news: Capcom says it will release the classic “Resident Evil” and “Resident Evil Zero” for the Wii with $30 price tags in coming months.