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Considering our course just went over the media realm of video gaming I cam across this very interesting article. For those of you that are not up to date with computer gaming. World of War Craft is one of today’s most popular games out there on the market. Gamers put in hours upon hours with this particular game. That is an understatement! Considering this particular gamer plays 36 Characters on 11 different computers at once! This user has multiple accounts setup with “WOW”. According to the article “ his single-player raid machine, such as his six-month subscription plan for each of the accounts, which runs him $5,711 annually. He also plans to pick up 36 copies of the title’s upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, which he estimates will cost him $1,500. The price doesn’t bother Prepared, who remarks, “there are more expensive hobbies out there than World of Warcraft.” Yes, like that black tar heroin “hobby” our uncle Marco recently took up.” The user states its just a hobby and there are more expensive hobby’s out there than this. Umm but most hobby’s don’t require you to sit in front of a computer screen or in his case A WHOLE lot of screens and game for Hours or even days! This is a true form of an addictive personality towards video gaming. The video game industry is one of the fasting growing and most profitable assets in the electronic world today. “WOW has over 5 million online users and will continue to grow and become a multi million dollar corporation. This particular user “Prepared” maybe prepared for serious gaming, but what about ones health risk? eating, sleeping, physical activity. Gaming is an awesome and powerful escape from this world but it needs to be done in moderation, I believe. Being in a sedentary state for 8 or more hours would drive me insane. Not to mention how much finances a user is putting towards gaming from the cpu’s, WOW accounts, electricity. It adds up. This particular gamer is a true fan.
