A World Away From Here blog 7

Have you every played the game called World of Warcraft or WoW? It is a massive multi-player online role-playing game, also known as a MMORPG, and it is based on a bunch of games that the company Blizzard released called, Warcraft. It is really hard to describe this game to you if you have never played, but it is a world of many different things. It is like every role-playing game (RPG) where you have quests you have to do, things you have to get, and enemies you have to fight. There is something that makes this game unlike any other; you play with billions of other people and you can interact with them. It is like a world that exists only on the internet. When I first started playing I didn’t really interact with others because I was trying too hard to focus on playing the game, but once I figured it out…I was hooked. It is like an addiction. It is hard not to play the game every hour of everyday. So how do you combat such an addiction? For me I have to focus on my kids. I play the game when I can; IF it doesn’t interfere with my other responsibilities. The main reason I am bringing this up is because I have heard of the addiction to this game RUINING marriages, causing neglect of kids, and even not going to work/school. Why does this happen? I understand the addiction to the game; you get to be someone else and not have to worry about the problems out here in the world. The only thing bad that can happen to you in WoW is your name getting hacked and you are banned from the game for a little bit. But why are people wasting their lives with a game instead of spending time with their kids and wives/husbands? I don’t think anyone really knows. I mean I have to fight wanting to play but I FIGHT it. The game is not horrible; it is actually really fun and enjoyable, if you don’t get ganked (killed by a much higher level person/persons) all the time. I just think that the people that are so addicted need to wake up. You have lives outside of WoW. It is time to drop the mouse, remove your fingers from the WASD buttons, and shut down your monitor (it needs the rest); it is time for you to go shower, shave, and remember the beauty of this world.