With the economy in the tank, it seems that beggars can be choosers. According to gamesindustry.biz, some employers are now filtering out World of Warcraft players from their eligible ranks. The rationale is simple: WoW eats up sleep and mindshare that could otherwise be devoted to the job at hand. So, with such an abundance of desperate employees in the job market, why settle for the ones who aren’t obsessed with the job?

The news bit started down in the message board trenches, so take it with the grain of salt it deserves, but the corporate reasoning has a certain verisimilitude. This, along with the fact that the blog that originally hosted this story has been suspended does raise some questions. However, it is too early at this juncture to rule out accusations of libel or simple excessive traffic as explanations for the blog’s disappearance.