The link: http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/
Hussain forced me to play the open beta test for World of Warcraft, and now I'm all excited about it. Unfortunately, Blizzard says they won't let players roll their characters over from the beta to the official game, which means that any time I spend playing the game now will be wasted. Since MMORPGs are all about spending time, I've committed to not playing the beta and waiting for the final release on 11/23, so that all my time investment goes to advancing a cool character along. Unfortunately, this is killing me, since the game is mindless fun, and I want to play it right now.
I've even lost focus on Half-Life 2, which is coming out tomorrow, and I suppose I will want to play. I've enjoyed messing around with the Hammer Editor, which is what Valve uses to make their maps. This image is a pretty cool example of their level design methodology, and it makes me want to build a map using similar tricks.
Now, after making me play the beta and get all excited, Hussain informs me that he won't be playing World of Warcraft, because he has “too much stuff to do.” In Hashemite-ese “too much stuff to do” means “nothing to actually do, besides sit around lamenting the fact that you haven't written the great American novel.” It also apparently involves taking twist-ties, making them into spirals, and throwing them somewhere close enough for the cat to see, but still ignore. Also, lots of laser pointers. Not one horizontal surface should be bereft of a laser pointer, lest an opportunity be missed to play with the cat. Long story short, the cat is very important, the great American novel is very important, let's all think about that.