D00d! Give me all your stuff!
World of Warcraft is an addictive game. There's so much to do, so much to see, and such a clever reward system built into the game that it can become all-consuming. Myself and the better half aren't there yet, but I could see it happening if we didn't take some sort of action. We were starting to play the game for extended periods of time, to the detriment of the books I want to read, as well as a short video I'm working on. But it was when I skipped the gym to kill virtual bears that I realized this fella needed to get reined in. So yesterday I deleted my account and wiped the game off my drive, incidentally freeing up six gigs of space.
I'm already kind of missing the game, mostly because i like exploring the vast virtual land that is Azeroth. But I wasn't willing to put in the time necessary to get really good at the game (or for that matter the 8 hour raids that characterize "elite" play past level 60), when there are a multitude of other things I could be doing with my time. My Powerbook is also starting to show some gray around the temples, and if I don't play games, I can cheaply upgrade to a new rig. I posted some further thoughts in WoWDetox, a site devoted to complaining about WoW addiction.
In fact, other than the Nintendo DS, which is great for vacations and killing time, I think I'm going to give gaming a bit of a heave-ho. I'm pushing 40(!) and probably should be doing things that make money rather than cost me my time.
D00d! Give me all your stuff!
Whatever you do, don't take up Civilization (http://www.civanon.org/).
I've tried Civ, and I've never had the patience for it. I also tried Age of Mythology, but after meticulously building up my little greek village into a bigger greek village, a bunch of half-assed pirates wandered through and made mincemeat of everyone, and that was enough for me.
Mostly, I'm a FPS guy, particularly Half Life. I like the fact that there's a beginning, middle and end to that style of game, as opposed to the open-ended time sink that is WoW. PLus I like to blow stuff up.
I have episode 1 loaded up on my girlfriend's Macbook Pro, and that should allow me to get my fix when I need to..if I can tear her off of the machine. :)
P.S. Geeky Traveler is pretty cool, Darren.
Fuckin' awesome man.....you and I are alike in that manner, I just get tired of games after awhile. I can play for 8 hours at a time, however, not every fuckin' day as WoW demands once you get to higher levels. It just bores the bejeezuz outta me. Good job man.
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