Wednesday, November 30, 2005
WOW
My children both play WOW (World of Warcraft), it is a global internet game that you play with other ‘game geeks’. You get to make a character, or several if you’d like, and work your way through these things called ‘instances’, earning ‘gold’, with which you can purchase ‘stuff’ that helps you survive longer in the game. The goal is to work from level #1 to level #60 and then, of course, you start all over again! Baby girl started playing this game about 6 months ago and very quickly became totally addicted to it for months, she laid off it a bit during the summer months but has just recently started playing again. Even with all of her playing she never stopped socializing…with REAL people, but she has always been a social butterfly.
She hooked big guy on it late this summer and, in his typical fashion, he’s thrown himself into it full force. He has now reached level 60 in a very short time frame, which means that he’s been playing way way way too much. He has gone from last years addiction to on-line poker and partying to his newest infatuation with WOW. He is a relatively introverted kid to begin with and now with this new addiction he seldom has contact with ‘real people’, you know the ones with actual DNA and stuff. Of course he does have ‘human contact’ thru his job and his classes but doesn’t do much ‘socializing’ other then that. His grades are far better then they were last semester so I’m not sure if I should be concerned about this or not. Maybe it is just his way of coping with the stresses of college…Maybe I should stop teasing about having NO life…Maybe this game will make him a better psychologist…Maybe the moon is made out of cheese.
I really do believe that kids should come with a handbook.
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