Got no time for the WoW factor.

I’m susceptible to becoming addicted to video games. It started with Super Mario Brothers and Zelda and continued on to God of War and Resident Evil (and of course the evil black hole called Sims). Being obsessive compulsive does not help in these matters either – I need to finish what I’ve started. So you can imagine how fearful I was to “test run” World of Warcraft - my time is precious as it is.

I honestly spent very little time with WoW. It took forever and a day to load the game and all of its uploads. So I was highly frustrated by the time I started the game. I hate doing tutorials or reading through instructions, so I just plowed ahead and immersed myself in the game. I instantly found myself wondering what the point was. I know you can start quests and hold conversations, but knowing that there are actual living humans behind the characters, I instantly became shy and didn’t want anyone to know that I was new (yes, I know people can identify what level you are). I felt so inept about the game that I gave up. I was just not curious enough to continue the torture.

I’m geek enough to try it again, but maybe with the assistance of a friend. I love video games, but I love playing with other people in the room where I can be verbally and physically abusive (ever wrestle a friend to distract them while playing Need for Speed or Tetris?). I can understand how a game like WoW is a great way to gather people in friendly surroundings, but I also know that situations like the South Park’s WoW episode occur and that frightens me a bit.

World of Warcraft 10-day trial

~ by Cait on October 25, 2007.