Comments on: The Cultural Divide

By: Ken Wootton

Ken Wootton — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 14:30:45 +0000

As a bit of a social science, WoW is fascinating. How do you entice 8 million people, including my wife, to sit in front of their PCs on a regular basis? What’s the secret sauce? We have an answer.

As a piece of gaming culture, WoW is pretty interesting. It’s changing PC gaming all by itself, certainly alterning the MMO genre and quite possibly hobbling the single player RPG.

Oh, and as a game, it’s pretty damn good. You might want to jump in and fart around. It’s much easier to talk about once you’ve heard WoW distinctive “ding” a few times.

By: Krupo

Krupo — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:26:23 +0000

Funny to be talking about WoW – I was just in Future Shop today and they had virtually 360 degrees of Burning Crusade coverage at the entrance.

Insane.

Looks hot on a big TV screen, I must say, though.

By: Natus

Natus — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:59:33 +0000

I know we’re all quasi-joking here, but it’s not that bad. I would think, at least for Troy, studying the addictive qualities of WoW would be as interesting as playing. You CAN put it down, and then you see the landscape. But whatever.

If Oblivion were free for ten days, there’s no question. If my comp could run it, of course.

By: Michael A.

Michael A. — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 10:29:24 +0000

“One free hit! What’s the harm.”

Precisely the reason I’ve steered clear of this as well. I spend enough time on games without trying to actively sink my social life.

By: Krupo

Krupo — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:11:45 +0000

There’s a monthly fee though, right? My “pay once and be done with it” attitude keeps me out.

Then I tried GuildWars free trial – that one’s free once you buy a copy, right? Didn’t seem particularly interesting.

Oblivion is enough RPG’ing for me. :)

By: Troy

Troy — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:47:16 +0000

Yeah, it does entice me, mostly because I want to see what the fuss is about. But isn’t this how drug pushers start? “One free hit! What’s the harm.”