Experience World of Warcraft ban twice now, and been playing since my father, his excellence, took me to that shanty mall on that November day. It was sold out everywhere, why had Toys R' Us failed a 15 year old on that day? And then that mall, sigh, what a day, the day. The day my life was absorbed into a video game throughout my high school life.
I rate it five stars, so is that bad then that I lost my life? Am I bad to lose my life? No, probably not. Who're you asking, the puritan or laid-back luke? Considering my private school was 20 miles away supporting the extreme stereotypes of Academics and Sports, well, World of Warcraft was the best escape my life could have then. It provided my own freedom and friends when life failed to share any interest in such fantasy. The students playing Magic the Gathering at my school, deemed the under the stairs kids.
So, before I get back to mid-terms and take my eyes off this new World of Warcraft Battle Chest to open at a time for unlimited escape, I want to reflect on what it means as a college student entering post adolescence.
World of Warcraft is just a way for any individual to enter their own community and immerse into it with their imagination. One can become addicted to anything, so must I mention you HAVE to plan at some point when to play, but who wants to marry and then whine within about 'oh the college days... ::sigh::', or 'my life was the greatest, until I got married. I can't do them anymore.' So then, what would you do at that point, let academic papers and peoples pressure push you into something? That peer pressure is what people use at parties to force alcohol down your throat.
There's two extremes, i'm not a spiritualist sharing the method of balance or the western rationalist measuring two items on the measuring tape; BUT, play in awareness.. Set your goals in game, and be aware of who you are at a stage when nothings putting a bind or unbind on you. People that don't play the game at all can say it will send you down a 'pit of fire and people that play too much can lose sight of their goals --- lose the point of what they're doing, then the fun goes in the basket... entering a process or a chain of simplicity in, "I want this, then that, then - oh, it's 2 AM."
In a timeline sense, World of Warcraft is just something new hitting mainstream, rap music was bad in the 90's, and who knows what's next or you can analyze what society has deemed bad in the past as it still mingles in the mainstream.
If you do buy, ENJOY your journey through the Worlds of Warcraft. Make friends, achieve some things, be yourself.. fulfill yourself. =D
There's my nit pick of positive psychology.
There is a newer version of this item:
Top reviews from the United States
There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later.
Top reviews from other countries
Amazon Customer
Wow
Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 15, 2018Edition: Battle ChestVerified Purchase
おゆまる
世界一の会員数は伊達じゃない
Reviewed in Japan 🇯🇵 on September 17, 2010Edition: Battle ChestVerified Purchase
