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Posted: December 11th, 2008, 8:50 am
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Publish Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST
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The New York Times has often dedicated a word or two to MMOs like Register to unlock hidden link and Register to unlock hidden link, but it seems that NY Times writer Seth Schiesel was away from the former nearly a year. Like just about everyone else, though, he's been lured back into the world of Azeroth by the recently released Register to unlock hidden link expansion. He Register to unlock hidden link, nothing the expansion's relatively casual design and describing the experience of connecting with old friends after a year of change. He went into it with trepidation, but it ended up being a homecoming.
But perhaps we can read something else into his return. You might look at it as a sign that the appeal for these games will never fade. Everyone can get hooked on the social experience World of Warcraft and games like it provide, and Wrath's success might be evidence that this young form of entertainment has its best years ahead of it.
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Author: Samuel Axon
Category: blizzardeditorialexpansionnew-york-timesopinionworld-of-warcraftwowwrath-of-the-lich-king
Publish Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST
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