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There is an article in the current Newsweek about World of Warcraft. In the article I read this -
"Edward Castronova (Level 42, Priest), an Indiana U professor and author of "Synthetic Worlds," once roiled the WOW community by a blog posting entitled "The Horde Is Evil," in which he charged that only the antisocial at heart would pick that darker side. Castronova believes that if someone behaves badly in the game—an example would be the WOW equivalent of spree killing, where someone ganks a character of a much lower level, just for the hell of it—that person should be judged harshly in the real world as well."
I don't know if I agree with him, but I do have a level 50 Paladin and wouldn't dream of joining the Horde.
Do you think that playing an evil character in a video game means that you are "evil" in real life (or at least tend to be) - or is it a way to carry out evil without consequence.
It's a very interesting article and WOW is only the beginning of the MMO inroad into society.Link to article - worth reading
"Edward Castronova (Level 42, Priest), an Indiana U professor and author of "Synthetic Worlds," once roiled the WOW community by a blog posting entitled "The Horde Is Evil," in which he charged that only the antisocial at heart would pick that darker side. Castronova believes that if someone behaves badly in the game—an example would be the WOW equivalent of spree killing, where someone ganks a character of a much lower level, just for the hell of it—that person should be judged harshly in the real world as well."
I don't know if I agree with him, but I do have a level 50 Paladin and wouldn't dream of joining the Horde.
Do you think that playing an evil character in a video game means that you are "evil" in real life (or at least tend to be) - or is it a way to carry out evil without consequence.
It's a very interesting article and WOW is only the beginning of the MMO inroad into society.Link to article - worth reading
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