WoW Me

One day I was collecting flowers with my friend Cabriole. We wandered through the woods on this beautiful warm peaceful day, the sun peeked through the trees, and the wind gently blew our hair around our face. We walked for a long time, talking, laughing and making fun of our friend Ensabuhnar. Suddenly, as we were crossing a bridge while in a deep conversation, we heard a noise behind us, breaking the serenity of the forest. Cabriole didn’t waste a second. She disappeared and slit the ugly creature’s throat with her poison dagger so quickly that it didn’t stand a chance. There were more of them, they rushed out of the woods charging at us with their weapons, cabriole did her best to defend us but it wasn’t enough, I had gone to the bathroom, and we all died.
World of Warcraft is the perfect example of a daily body practice. Online gaming is something many people (including myself) engage in everyday. In WoW your character is a projection of your self-image, it is your identity while you play. The items you wear, your level and your mount show your status. Yes, gaming is enjoyable and fun, and a lot of people play games to relax, but some people who play WoW live their life through their WoW characters, they get so addicted to it that they treat it as though it’s real life. Creating a character that they wish they could be. A lot of people who don’t live very purposeful lives get hooked on WoW because it gives them a sense of belonging, and power. The opening story is one of my own experiences playing WoW, it is an example of how real it can seem at times, as though you are actually living it. What’s wrong with that? Who wouldn’t want to live in a fantasy world, you get your own pets, there are even holidays such as Christmas and Halloween, hell it’s just like real life only better. You actually get to do shit. It makes you feel like you’re making a difference. You can be whoever you want to be, you can say you’re someone that you’re not and no one would know the difference. WoW is also a way of showing off your real life wealth and power. While WoW may seem like it is totally virtual it’s not. It’s not free; a subscription fee is fifteen dollars per month, not to mention you are also able to buy items or existing WoW accounts to make yourself look good. Your WoW character is a projection and sometimes an extension of who you really are.