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it's not even that it is boring. it's that it is not really a game. MMO's tap into the same compulsion that cults often do, put a little number next to someon
by nazgulnarsil 18y ago
it's not even that it is boring. it's that it is not really a game. MMO's tap into the same compulsion that cults often do, put a little number next to someone's name and they will kill themselves trying to make it higher (or lower as the case may be). In the case of WoW, this has been perfected to an art. You're always just a little bit of playtime away from making some number related to your character go higher. It's basically a drug.
- 13ren 18y agoYou mean WoW is beyond a game? The wish to improve one's "self" with respect to some numeric metric, and especially in comparison to others, has broader application than cults: academic performance. work performance. sports performance. money. also karma.
- rms 18y agoI wonder which particular pleasure pathways WoW stimulates.