One Year Clean
About a year go, I quit World of Warcraft. I quit cold turkey. It was a tough time at that point in my life. I kept wanting to play it. It was like an itch. Sounds like a drug? Yeah, it was. No more.
So what am I up to a year later as far as games go? Well, I’m currently playing Fable. It’s a light weight RPG. A decent sized world but not too big. It’s all set paths too. You can’t really go exploring like you can in some games. I also got a hold of Oblivion. I’ve barely started, but that reminds me a lot of the WoW landscape in terms of depth. It’s even more expansive actually. Easily larger than any city (proper) in the US. Also you can just pick up most anything. Here’s a skull, there’s an arrow stuck in the wall, there’s someone’s ring from there finger… you know, stuff you totally need.
These both sound addictive, and to some extent they are. I spent a lot of hours on Fable the first weekend I got it. And I’ve barley done anything in Oblivion and already spent an hour or so. However, both these games are single player. There’s not Massively Multiplayer Online world to get sucked into. I can pause whenever I want for any reason. It really takes a lot of stress off the game.
I am also playing an online game… kinda. It’s Dungeons & Dragons which is usually played on a table with dice. However, I found an IRC server that I can play on. Getting people together for a game is quite a challenge sometimes and there’s always someone who will play there. I have been sucked into that kind of game for hours on end and not been able to leave, kinda like WoW. But 1. I don’t have to play 2. it’s a lot more work than WoW so I have to have the energy and 3. the whole style of playing is way more laid back so if I need to leave for sleep/just because, I can.
Lily Allen - Knock ‘Em Out
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