Monday I found myself thinking of my day in terms of unfinished quests. Yes, I've played way too much World of Warcraft, apparently. But given what I do for a living, it makes sense. All of the websites I have to convert to Ektron can be thought of as quests. I've collected the requests, but I can't seem to complete them. Now they're stacking up, taking up room in my inventory, … [Read more...] about Life is a series of yellow exclamation points
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Drastic Perspective Change
This is so funny to me. T and I played Warcraft last night with the friend I talked about in the last entry. He finally got his headphones to work, so we actually spoke with him--which amazes me. I know, I know. VOIP is an established thing. Still amazing. We found out he's 14. And now I'm not as keen to play with him. We're old enough to be his parents. Or, as Thomas … [Read more...] about Drastic Perspective Change
Real People in a Simulated World
Last night I actually interacted at length with a real person while playing World of Warcraft. Seriously! Thomas and I have played with a coworker of his, but this was someone I've never met IRL before. I met him Monday night when I was getting killed about 8 times by ravagers, but I was barely civil, because, um, GETTING KILLED ABOUT 8 TIMES BY FREAKIN' RAVAGERS. Plus it was … [Read more...] about Real People in a Simulated World