Man I'm slaying dragons, fighting bad guys, and collecting gold again. Friggin' Markane installed this game, called World of Warcraft on my computer about a month ago and I'm HOOKED!
I have always played video games as long as I can remember, Dan and I even had a Commadore 64, we used to rock out "river raid" and "godzilla" back in the day (man did I just date myself or what).
Anyway, this game is interesting because the level of detail and sophistication in the game - it's a multi-player online game, so you're playing with and against other nerds and 15 year olds from all around the world. They've even recreated EBay within the game, and it's extent is so far reaching that people will actually use real US dollars to buy stuff from imaginary characters within the game. Talk about fantasy creating reality.
The damn thing has me sucked in like a wet dry vac. The funny thing is, that there is a ridiculously high rate of addiction for the game, since technically, there is no 'end,' it just keeps going on and on, just as life would. There's numberous websites dedicated to people who want to quit (yes, I've read them), and even support groups for friends and families who want to do an intervention. The funniest thing is that South Park has even made an episode about the game (go to youtube.com and search for "south park warcraft" and you'll see some funny shit).
Anyway, if you're wondering why I'm not emailing you back, playing sports, blogging, studying Japanese, or leaving the house, now you know why. Now leave me alone, I gotta hunt down the renegade Trolls that keep attacking the villagers. Ahh sweet sweet videogames.
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