Game | Life diligently peeled the lid off of the surprisingly sordid circumstances surrounding controversial gold farming firm IGE, looking into a recently-revealed legal complaint against IGE founder Brock Pierce and finding details at Virtually Blind.

The plaintiff in the case is Pierce's co-founder, Alan Debonneville, who's suing his former business partner for "numerous breaches of fiduciary duty, breaches of contract and fraud." Pierce also has a bit of a rap, charged with involvement in illegal drugs, child molestation and transporting minors across state lines, among other things. Game | Life also points out that Pierce was the actor who played a young Emilio Estevez in the Disney film The Mighty Ducks, oddly enough.

IGE already has a tough hill to climb in terms of gaining credibility in the MMO industry, and this surprising drama is unlikely to assist.

[Game | Life Via Virtually Blind]