Comments on: What in the World of Warcraft http://www.theprospector.org/2012/03/what-in-the-world-of-warcraft/ Yuba College's Independent Student News Source Sat, 18 May 2013 13:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Heather Meunier http://www.theprospector.org/2012/03/what-in-the-world-of-warcraft/#comment-2081 Heather Meunier Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:56:43 +0000 http://www.theprospector.org/?p=3265#comment-2081 Gary- I’m glad you enjoyed it :) I miss you too! But there is a time and place for everything and having to explain that your not THE husband, but are a fake wow husband that started with sarcasm and turned into a lifelong joke will make them think I’m really nuts. Oops, too late ~.^ This is very unprofessional but guess what? This is the only piece I’ve ever really wrote more for myself than for the readers, and I don’t get paid for this job so I don’t care!

]]> By: Heather Meunier http://www.theprospector.org/2012/03/what-in-the-world-of-warcraft/#comment-2079 Heather Meunier Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:45:45 +0000 http://www.theprospector.org/?p=3265#comment-2079 TJ- this was hilarious! It brought me back to WoW days again, as did writing this. I did read about some if those studies recently and actually meant to talk more about the benefits of gaming. However, I rarely do “opinion” pieces and this one was a kind of a therapeutic, closure thing for me, so I may have spent too much time on personal details. So thanks for providing details I missed due to getting off topic. I hope that this somehow benefits others, or at least brings a smile to some faces as they /point and /laugh at me! ~Worshipped (yes that really was the name of my horde priest – and alliance priest as well lol).

]]> By: Gary Fox http://www.theprospector.org/2012/03/what-in-the-world-of-warcraft/#comment-2072 Gary Fox Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:07:43 +0000 http://www.theprospector.org/?p=3265#comment-2072 I enjoyed this.
Go PoW! Haha.
Miss you Wifey <3

]]> By: TJ Hayes http://www.theprospector.org/2012/03/what-in-the-world-of-warcraft/#comment-1737 TJ Hayes Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:51:56 +0000 http://www.theprospector.org/?p=3265#comment-1737 FOR THE HORDE!!!!
:)

I’m sorry to hear about RL getting in the way of pwning nubkin and dominating Azeroth… 1 time sink after another.
As a beta “tester” [sold a beta accnt.... twice... LOL good story..] who played off and on for most of this game’s lifespan, I can say without a doubt Blizzard did with WoW what the CIA did with Crack. Accessability. Know your product. And give your customer what they want and make it so addicting by the time they’ve handed you their money, they’re already thinking how to get (PLAY/RAID) more. They made the great things from MMO’s that were the slew of intangible rewards like actual social friendships, sense of accomplishment*, etc. that many “hardcore” gamers (<—–LOL stopping to think about those quotes has me writing a diatribe for a stand up bit) had known for years from for example Evercrack.

In an effort to get back to somewhat of whatever point I was trying to make, I think that WoW listened too much to its player base (yea yea forums always = whine fests) but their bigger issue was trying to appease too many. It's almost as though with the enormous sums of money that you speak on in your article, that these aren't just games, but games of politics!

What j00 think!N nubbies?!01!!1 ;)

BUT! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Computer games can change your brain, and researchers are finding that those changes can improve creativity, decision-making, concentration and dexterity. The violent action games that worry parents the most also have the strongest beneficial effect on the brain, government-funded researchers at independent laboratories in the US and Europe have reported."
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2012/03/05/live-blog-health-benefits-of-video-games/

PS: (regrettebly probably just got on the stock Blizzard/Vivendi/Activision etc bandwagon a bit late… here's to diablo 3 saving my retirement?)

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