Word: warcraft
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...than you'd think, if only because so many people are spending so much time in the unreal world. Some 13 million people have visited Second Life at least once, with about 450,000 residents online in a given week. Even more popular is the online game World of Warcraft, which has 10 million active subscribers who pay to participate. People spend on average about 20 hours a week in alternate worlds like these, and at VHIL, whose high-tech virtual world is entered by way of a $24,000 helmet, Bailenson and his Ph.D. students are trying to figure...
...meme falls somewhere between art and comedy, often taking the form of a video. “I think a lot of the criteria carry over,” Connor said. When asked if the infamous video of Leeroy Jenkins, a player on “World of Warcraft,” is performance art, Connor said that it is a matter of intention. It remains an open question whether Jenkins accidentally ignores the obsessive strategizing of his teammates, storming into battle to infuriate his team, or whether his friends gathered his friends together and planned the video.If they...
...team emerged from anonymity in April to launch a sequel, Snatchbuckler's Second Chance. It's filmed in a fictional, virtual world called Peopleburg.com Snatchbuckler, Donnie's erstwhile partner in the online game World of Warcraft, has gone there to shake off his Internet addiction. The video debuted on MyDamnChannel.com in late April, and it looks pretty cool. But I miss Donnie and wish I could Photoshop him back into my life...
...Movies and TV at least have a product people are willing to pay for, on DVD, online and in downloads. But in a market with more competitors, from World of Warcraft to that Miss Teen USA chick on YouTube, writers may need to dial down their expectations, and executives, their arrogance. Like news anchors and magazine writers, they no longer have the captive audiences or exalted places they once had, when Americans sat on the couch for prime time as though it were mandated in the Constitution. If they close down Capistrano for too long, the swallows might...
...Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, also argued that poker should be taught to youth. “It’s a fantastic way to spend your time,” Wood, a third-year student at the Law School, said. “Much better than World of Warcraft...