It’s not for lack of competition; dozens of companies have tried to peel off some of the 10 million “WoW” subscribers, only to be stymied by technical problems, lack of polish and player attrition. Funcom’s “Age of Conan,” for example, got off to a fast start earlier...

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The National Science Foundation has given informatics prof Bonnie Nardi $100,000 to study why Americans go crazy modding World of Warcraft, while Chinese players don’t. They talked more about color schemes, animations, architecture, and so on more than American players. On the order of 20 percent...