Christopher Buecheler (The Resident Cynic) over at www.gamespy.com posted a really good article about Blizzard and WoW.

Like many gamers, I participated in the World of Warcraft stress test over the past week. After messing around with character generation for a bit, checking out the different races, I decided to go with an undead rogue. After getting my character set up and giving him a name, I jumped into the game ready to see whether Blizzard -- a company whose only previous multiplayer experiences are completely dissimilar to an MMORPG -- had a winner on its hands or not.

The complete article is well worth checking out over at their site here.