Burning Crusade
filed under: Second Life
While y'all are talking about Second Life, 8 million people are eagerly anticipating the expansion to World of Warcraft coming out tonight.
My wife is going to probably go to sleep early and then drive over to EB to pick up her copy at midnight tonight. I'll probably be installing it tomorrow on my Mac and creating a new character in the new part of the world. (I have five characters already...)
'This is one of the more positive mainstream press pieces I've seen on this game - and I think it looks at online gaming more accurately than most. As long as you're social and still hang out with friends and family, I suggest that playing an online game with real people, having real conversations, and using your imagination is no worse than having people over for poker night, to watch football, or even just eat dinner together. My wife and I are more social playing this game than we used to be watching television...
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I hope your Burning Crusade Day Celebration was joyous and filled with world (of warcraft) domination.
Posted by: James | January 17, 2007 9:46 AM
Brian told me I was a nerd, and coming from him, that's potent stuff. My wife did drive over at midnight, did not wake me up (whew!), and then spent most of the next day (took day off) playing. I played for a little while myself, but it was too buggy when I was on. (Primetime is 6pm to 11pm.) The game expansion itself is no big deal, except it's a big deal to enough people to be a big deal. I mentioned it because it's an event in the virtual world that gets press.
I have a couple of ten day passes if anyone wants to risk addiction in the name of broadening your horizons. (And if you have the graphics card and 10GB free to install the bloatware.)
Posted by: Jason | January 17, 2007 10:25 AM