How Blizzard Transforms Its Fans Into Employees

Ion Hazzikostas was fairly certain that Blizzard had broken World of Warcraft. He and his guildmates were deep in the ancient sanctum of Ahn'Qiraj, face to face with the delirious cosmic gaze of the eldritch god C'Thun. The dusty tomes of the Warcraft legendarium imply that C'Thun is one of the most powerful beings in the universe; he commands an army of obsidian golems and routinely devours raid members whole with one of his many toothy maws. Still, the amount of damage he was soaking up seemed a bit overtuned. Hazzikostas spent endless evenings getting blown to bits by this grim divinity, and his guild had little progress to show for it.