This weekend my good buddy Wilson was describing to me the merits of World of Warcraft by Blizzard Entertainment. I’ve been in the market for a good game for quite some time, and this seemed to scratch the roleplaying itch as well.
I know that games like this are major trouble for sucking up vast amounts of life from the space surrounding the computer that they are installed on. This fact, coupled with the $13.95/month charge to use the game servers to play allowed me to successfully resist the urge to start something horribly addicting.
I probably wouldn’t have been able to resist if it had been free to play, but I can’t justify $35 for the game + $14/month of gameplay. I’ve been down that path once before… Gemstone was a harsh mistress.
I miss that game sometimes, but the hours and hours of gameplay for very little satisfaction/progress wasn’t really worth the immersion that it provided. And the $20/month for a text based roleplaying game really sucked.
What happened to the days of buying a game for one price and getting to play it for eternity?
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Josh! No!!!
That time is better spent trying to become a level three karateka.
Plus I swear to God if I have to hear one more person talk about their tank pulling another mob and getting the feather legend armor pack I will kill myself and then everyone else. In that order.
I made my Will save. I am fine. I desire not these things that you mention.
I know the dark, dark places that games like this lead.
I’m honestly wondering at this point whether I’m gaining immunity to the call of these type of games. I used to want to play but was afraid to because my life would be totally ruined. Now I get bored unless a story is driving it on. A whole week where I did nothing but level would probably spoil the whole thing.
I have damage reduction 10/WoW!
See, the problem with those games is that there is almost always a story driving things once you get in there. Which is what makes them inherently dangerous… they are too good at what they do.
They have created a power so entertaining and at the same time so terrible that it ruins lives. I firmly believe that one of my better friends left school, forsaking a fancy pants degree entirely because of Asheron’s Call.
I don’t want to fall victim to that again, but I want something to do in my free time. Argh. Recreation shouldn’t be this hard.
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