Thing #15

Libraries and Gaming. Well, I'm down with the gaming. You may have gathered that from all the Gen Con pictures. I'm old school; I do PNP (that's pen and paper with is the same as table top or TT role playing). I've also delved into the world of the MMORPG (that's massively multi-player online role playing game). I've played City of Heroes, City of Villians, Star Wars: Galaxies and World of Warcraft. I'm still planning WoW (World of Warcraft). There's a guild that's all library folk on one server. I might sign up. Libraryman talks about that here: http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2008/10/29/libraries-and-librarians-world-of-warcraft-guild-update/ . Next time I create a characer I think I'll create one on that server and join. I do a lot of soloing when I play Wow. Mostly because of the times that I'm on. I can't really guarantee that I'll be able to be on at a certain time, which can hinder playing in a roup. Most of the characters I play are in guilds, so I am part of the community and I help people by answering questions and giving advice. I dislike running through the same dungeons with lower level people over and over, so I avoid the common question of "anyone wanna run dm with me?". A friend of mine recently started playing, and my uncle plays, so we might try to get together online a bit. He lives in Colorado now, so it'd be good to get a chance to game with him again.

As far as the games this Thing suggested; I didn't get a chance to try out Second Life, but one of these days I will. I've heard a lot about it and I've even heard it suggested that in the future we'll surf the net via avatars such as the avatars in Second Life. I've heard it suggested that vurtual worlds are a huge possilbity not just for people to get together, but also for advertising and learning. I can see the applications, but I think this sort of thing is in it's infancy right now.

I did try puzzle pirates. It was fun. Not as many bells and whistles as I'm used to, but it was a decent way to kill 20 minutes. I chatted with the other pirates a little and tried sailing. It was a pleasant distraction, but I don't think I'll be trading Azeroth for the world of Puzzle Pirates.