I didn’t know there were adults left in the world that wanted to play World of Warcraft and hadn’t yet. This weekend I learned that they exist. One of my female cousins called me Saturday afternoon. We’re not on phone call terms. I see her at family outings and we chat but we’re not close. Distance is the primary reason we’re not more like friends. I grew up in New York City. She grew up in Oregon.
She got my number from my mother after hearing somehow that I play games on the internet. Come to find out that she plays The Sims and her recent foray in a massive title, Free Realms, piqued her interest to play another game she’s heard people discussing at work. Now that she’d bought a new PC, she really wanted to give the “other” game a try.
I did my best to convince her that she should try Runes of Magic. Warts and all, you can’t beat the value of it as a free-to-play MMO. I suggested that she test drive that to know if she’d even like a traditional MMO, which Free Realms isn’t. “No,” she replied, “I have my heart set on trying Worldcraft.” Conversation freezes. With an eyebrow raised to my hairline, I turn into the camera for a Ferris Bueller sidebar response with the audience, “Oohkay.” She knew what she wanted. Who am I to tell her otherwise?
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