So, it was a weekend of one videogame (where I beat up a lot of criminals and probably have a lawsuit coming my way from various supervillains) and another (where I shot so many orcs, trolls, undead and cow-men that I was made a knight) and hot dogs and steak and barbecue sandwiches and soda and generally goofing off. So, naturally, I overslept on Tuesday.
And in other great news, the black widow population of Hesperia has finally found our home. After accidentally sticking my hand into a web this spring, I’ve been dreading this day. Somehow, poisonous snakes back east seem less threatening than teeny tiny spiders with non-fatal venom.
My baby brother Joel turned 34 this weekend. But he’s still not too big for me to kick his butt!
The New York Times calls World of Warcraft “a game that is easy for casual players to understand and feel successful in, while including enough depth to engross serious gamers, who may play a game like World of Warcraft for 30 hours a week or more.” The article discusses whether having the first mass market MMORPG is helping the market, by bringing lots of new players into the MMORPG genre, or hurting it, by snapping the necks of its weaker competitors. I have to say I think it’s a good thing — and if bad games don’t find audiences, stop making bad games. Good games will survive, and have. (BugMeNot NY Times ID and password: abracadabra605, pentape)
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