Like, WoW. This is a bit of a pain...

As I mention many posts back, I'm playing World of Warcraft with some of my free time these days. I was thrilled with the execution of the game when I began playing it, and loved the way it sucked one in early on. The fact that it ran well on my older-but-upgraded Mac was a real plus, too.

( I'm beginning to have a few problems with the game, however. )

Oh, and anyone playing a MMORPG should read about EVE Online's The Great Scam. After investing massive amounts of time in this game playing fair, only to be continually sent back to square one by people playing pirates and Player Killers, a player resorts to unsavory methods to beat the game. While I can't approve of his methods, I have some sympathy for his frustration. I don't think it's practical to have law-abiders and law-breakers as characters in the same online-universe. In any game universe where the law-breakers are attractive to play, they will have the advantage; and by natural selection, the law-abiders will dwindle away and leave for other games.