Wow, its bigger than wrestling.
Ever heard the term, MMORPG? What about World of Warcraft? If you're net savvy enough to even be reading this blog, you have probably heard a little about them. The former is a tongue twisting Acronym for Massively Multi player Online Role Playing Game. The latter is Blizzard Entertainment's wildly popular game, sweeping across the world and igniting interest in PC gamers like a cash loan from Tony Soprano.
Blizzard claims over 9 million subscribers worldwide, all paying approximately $30NZD a month to immerse themselves in a persistent online world. Its a phenomenon that has Blizzard laughing all the way to the bank. MMORPG's are not entirely new, Ultima Online and Everquest have been around for a long while now, and prior to even those behemoths, text based MUD's have been around about as long as the Internet. But never in the history of gaming, both online and off, has there been as popular a world as that of World of Warcraft.
Warcrack is what we call it, on account of it being so addictive. Prior to even playing it myself, I had heard all the horror stories, and urban legends about MMORPG's and being a true skeptic myself, I approached the game initially with caution. Three years later, I still play. In today’s droll society, its little surprise to me at it’s popularity. Its pure Escapism. Why not forget the doldrums of your own boring life to immerse yourself in a rewarding, fun and richly detailed fantasy world that’s populated with other players of a like mind. In game Ive joined forces with a mother of three from Milwaukee, a third former at Kings College and a quadriplegic aboriginal gardener from Queensland. This thing is dam fun and appealing to a broad socio demographic. Before you laugh at the geek in the homemade Chewbacca costume, have a crack at war crack. You might enjoy it.
Blizzard claims over 9 million subscribers worldwide, all paying approximately $30NZD a month to immerse themselves in a persistent online world. Its a phenomenon that has Blizzard laughing all the way to the bank. MMORPG's are not entirely new, Ultima Online and Everquest have been around for a long while now, and prior to even those behemoths, text based MUD's have been around about as long as the Internet. But never in the history of gaming, both online and off, has there been as popular a world as that of World of Warcraft.
Warcrack is what we call it, on account of it being so addictive. Prior to even playing it myself, I had heard all the horror stories, and urban legends about MMORPG's and being a true skeptic myself, I approached the game initially with caution. Three years later, I still play. In today’s droll society, its little surprise to me at it’s popularity. Its pure Escapism. Why not forget the doldrums of your own boring life to immerse yourself in a rewarding, fun and richly detailed fantasy world that’s populated with other players of a like mind. In game Ive joined forces with a mother of three from Milwaukee, a third former at Kings College and a quadriplegic aboriginal gardener from Queensland. This thing is dam fun and appealing to a broad socio demographic. Before you laugh at the geek in the homemade Chewbacca costume, have a crack at war crack. You might enjoy it.
posted by John Paul McDonnell at 11:48 AM
1 Comments:
Woot!
Finally, a fellow WoW player :D
And you're right, it's quite an awesome form of escapism - I play with quite a few people from all walks of life, and the convos I've had with them are absolutely awesome, as well the whole idea of just bumming around with friends, albeit online, is obviously something so appealing to I'm sure everyone!
btw - what server?? I'm on PM-US, alliance :p
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