After being subjected to a month of near-constant talk about World of Warcraft (WoW), I finally broke down and bought the game. I don’t even like Warcraft.

But, apparently it has broken all sorts of sales and concurrent user records. None of my friends can stop talking about or playing it, it seems. One friend of mine runs a videogame store and actually bought a new PC and is getting a broadband hookup, specifically to play WoW. Now it seems that is all he does.

The game had better be worth the trouble I went to get it. Although, to tell the truth, I am a little excited. This is the first Massively-Multiplayer game I will ever play, and I think it will be a unique experience.