[More people play online game *World of Warcraft* than are employed in the farm sector of the US](http://kfmonkey.blogspot.com/2006/03/farm-fetish.html).
The linked article makes a reasonable point about the mythology of living on the land, but I think comparing a hobby to a way of life is somewhat misleading.
Some, of course, would claim that Warcraft *is* a way of life…