So I came across this t-shirt looking for gift ideas for Christmas for the close mates, a couple of who just happen to be World of Warcraft players! I had to laugh. This shirt is a nice parody on the Acheivements system that the new expansion has introduced so the WoW gamer will definitely recognise this, possibly as much for the reality as for the game feature.
Like just about every WoW gamer with an account that hadn’t been touched in a lot of months, I took myself out of retirement to try the new expansion and see what it was like. Seeing if a game lives up to its hype is always something that I look forward to with a thrill, it’s when you find out if you’ve got something good in your hands, or you’ve been sucked in by the wonder bra effect. The danger with a game being too good is that you all too quickly can lose track of time and your life. Fortunately though, my time as a hardcore gamer has been and gone, much like a two year period addicted to herion. Now I can enjoy a game without the worry of giving up days and weeks at a time exploring it’s landscapes with the intent to kill anything that moves. But you know for every one casual gamer like me, there’s probably two hardcore cases that will become allergic to sunlight, and make a WoW widow out of their significant other!
You’d actually think it should be a warning they put on the side of the box!
Andy.
Actually, I’m into Fallout 3 right now, and at the pace I’m playing it, I’ll probably not touch WotLK this year. Well, not properly – I had to quickly run a Death Knight to the end of it’s beginning quest chain.
Err, uh, for the Horde!
Fallout 3! Yeah I hear lots of good things about that right now. I have a good friend in London who last communication said he just bought the game. I haven’t heard anything from him since. Most likely when he finishes he’ll surface again
Heh… chances are if you run a DK to the end of the beginning quests you’ll probably play the middle quests as well.
If I don’t hear from you in a while, I’ll know where to look.
Andy.