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In the college world, the World of Warcraft, (WoW) is a commonly known lifestyle game. It carries both a stigma of digital addiction as well as an entrance to a reserved group of people. In a blog partially about college, it has to be mentioned. You would really be blown away by how many people and the variety of people who play this game. Blizzard entertainment has cleverly found the goldmine of online gaming and it will milk this thing to the very end.
We’ve all heard the stories about insanity surrounding this game in Asia. For instance take this and this article about deaths directly related to prolonged time spent playing this game. Here’s a story about a suicide related to the game.
However, what about the home front?
I used to be a WoW player, so here’s my take for both the addicts and the uninformed.
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I don’t post much on this blog anymore, but I hopped on a few nights ago and read this comment in regards to this post in the past about WoW and addiction:
What undeserved praise. It made me really happy.
‘Tis all.