Appropriately "WoW"!

I have fallen off the face of the planet. Sucked into the desert sands. Faded from existence. I am unreachable.

I started playing WoW...

To those living under rocks and have never heard of the internet, "WoW" stands for "World of Warcraft". It is Blizzards billion-dollar MMORPG and that stands for "Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game". These are games played online with hundreds, often thousands of people running around the wonderfully detailed maps, adventuring with you. "Massive" is apt! With over 300,000 subscribers, WoW is probably the biggest online game in the world!

I first got into the MMORPG genre with DiabloII several years ago. While that was more an adventure game than an RPG, it sorta initiated me into the online experience. Countless nights doing Bhaal runs hoping to score an ultra-rare item. Grinding levels for nine hours a day were also commonplace... Next was Ragnarok Online. While having more of an RPG flair, it paled in comparison to the single-player experince of Final Fantasy with it's childing graphics and simple backstory. Then there was Rising Force Online where I played as a Bellato Ranger and Sentinel. With the three different factions, it was a more exciting experience due to the PvP areas and being under constant threat from the other races. I was into "RF" for two years but put my characters on hiatus pending the release of the next major expansion pack.

Now those bastards at the office whom I call my friends have robbed me of a social life, sunlight and fresh air. They got me hooked on WoW. I'll never see the light of day again...

More on WoW soon...