BBC News continues its recent streak of video game and MMO related articles with a look at virtual item sales, specifically in World of Warcraft. The article is, as usual, a bit superficial to the hardcore MMOGer, but a good primer for the mainstream press.

"I have a life outside of the game that's certainly much more important, so the few precious hours I do get to play on my game I don't want to spend doing the same thing over and over again to get in-game money, when I could just buy that and do the stuff in-game that I actually enjoy," he said.

But is this actually cheating or just saving time? People pay gardeners or decorators to do jobs they don't have the time or inclination to do themselves and they're not accused of cheating when they show off the results.

Check it out on BBC News.