As a former World of Warcraft (WoW), player, I used to really make poor decision about how to spend my time. Fortunately, undergrad doesn’t provide much challenge in the way of Academics (but winning Championship Beer Pong will wreck you!). One of the reasons I was able to get out though was because of the game itself – it simply doesn’t tell a grandiose story very well (or at all as some would argue).

I’d never really spent much time articulating that thought because it seemed no one else really noticed since they were spending their time grinding and stirring up guild drama. But the game lost its appeal after the 3,941st quest or so. With Pulitzer-Quality quest text like the above, it’s strange how anyone could feel that way, but alas! I’m not the only one:

User “eidotrope” at OutDPS.com wrote a great article about the ills of (lack of) Narrative in World of Warcraft, and summarizing it here wouldn’t do it justice. Please go here and give it a read and share the article. More people need to see this. My Hunter has been inactive since January and may forever be forgotten as a failure unless the Narrative in the Mists of Pandaria improves.