DISQUS

Jef in NYC · 1 year ago

Hey, where did all the commenters go?

I've never played or participated in a "MMORPG", nor would I even know how to pronounce it. But I can understand their purpose and addictiveness. As a former chatroom chatter, spending endless nights watching lines of scrolling text coming from equally anonymous and insomniacal people from around the world, it makes sense to just give them a sword and a persona to go fight the occasional dragon.

Unfortunately, unlike chat, it's not free. Maybe that's a good thing!

jimconnolly · 1 year ago

Hi Natali,

What a GREAT blog!

I live in the UK, so missed your ‘Power Lunch’ segment when it went live; thanks for the link! I find it amazing that people can spend so many hours 'playing' in a virtual world - when there are so many possibilities to explore in the REAL world.

What makes this truly amazing for me, is that the MMORPG players I have spoken to, are intelligent and (despite what the media says) friendly and outgoing too.


All the very best Natali,

Jim Connolly
The Ideas Blog
http://theideasblog.com