by Byron Mudry on Aug 10, 2006
The Chattanooga Pulse online posted an interesting article, that just happens to be the second WoW addiction article I found today.
Is this some kind of epidemic? Why havent I heard of this before? Oh, yeah, I was too busy playing WoW.
You guys ready? the guild masters voice crackles over the speaker after they decide on a man-to-man offense. Yeah yeah, a couple members answer. And then someone decides to start off the guilds quest to the sweet sounds of rapper Ludacris. Move, bitch, get out the way
That might as well be Warcrafts theme song, too. It has spread like the Bubonic Plague. It dominates its MMORPG brothers, with over five million subscribers as of December 2005. A monthly comic contest, an e-newsletter, forums, fan art, screenshots for each day, detailed definitions, videos, wallpaper? Oh, they got em. Plus there is a six-chapter history of the Warcraft universe. Six chapters. And Blizzard and Legendary Pictures, a partner of Warner Brothers, just signed a motion picture deal. It all sounds well and good. A corporation makes some money, people have some fun. Rock on.
But its not quite that simple.
You can read the whole article here.