World of Warcraft side effects

Jayanta BhattacharyaMar 2 2006

This article in GameSpot by Matthew Rorie is a real thought-provoking one. He writes about RPGs taking the case of World of Warcraft.

He says;

I guess the moral of the story is that even though it's still just a video game, and a lot of people don't see it on the same level as real life, there are still real, flesh-and-blood people sitting there at the other end of the fiber-optic line. When you're disrespectful in an online game, you're not just being rude to a gnome warrior, or some other cartoon character. You're doing something that could be hurtful to an actual person who's controlling that avatar. It's something that's all too often forgotten just because you don't have to look that person in the eye. Yes, I'm talking to you /afking honor farmers on the Lightbringer battlegrounds, and especially all of you jerkfaces on Xbox Live.

Then he goes on to write that he is done with World of Warcraft and insinuated that those who still play the game are losers. I can agree with him on some points there like the addictive properties of the game (or for that any game) and the gold farmers thing, but losers? Er, no way! Yes, game should be for entertainment only, not other things.

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