> i do regret the fact that i wasted so much of my life on games like World of Warcraft You might be able to parlay that into a career in game design / progra

> i do regret the fact that i wasted so much of my life on games like World of Warcraft You might be able to parlay that into a career in game design / programming? I also spent unreasonable amounts of time in WoW (and still sometimes do) but it taught me a lot about effective game design. I've incorporated so much of what I learned from that game into games of my own: level scaling with the sqrt of XP, social features like clans (structured like guilds), chat, friend lists, achievements, in-game economy management, the importance of mechanics that feel good right away but have a (somewhat) high skill cap, and the list goes on.