World of Warcraft has announced a new “Recruit-a-Friend” initiative, designed to rope in those few people who still talk to their spouses and significant others after 8 p. There’s some fantasy precedent for this, but I’m going to be disappointed if the upcoming Warcraft expansion has me fighting three-eyed yaks ( yakaboos ) and nine-armed octopi ( nonopi, or possibly octoplarghs ). Depending on your character’s race and reputation, you might end up riding a wolf, a ram, a dorky-looking bird, a dorky-looking mechanical bird, an elephant (sorry, elekk ) or something even stranger. It’s a sign of Warcraft ’s unrelenting brain-grip that this is incredibly compelling . Just this week I’ve been fighting in battlegrounds — special areas where armies clash and 12-year-olds question each other’s sexuality — over and over just for a chance to win a tiny little flying dragon. The same thing it tells you — I spent too much time playing Warcraft. read more
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