A nice weekend: Friday night out at Dave & Busters for drinks and arcade games, Saturday spent hanging out with a friend for sushi and shopping, and Sunday… Oh god, Sunday I spent all day playing World of Warcraft.

Why?! Why did I give in?! My cousin and her husband have been playing it and somehow I just decided to go ahead and give it a try. I got a free 10-day trial account, but damn… this game is addictive. Already I recall my days of playing City of Heroes… hours and hours playing non-stop, leveling up my character, completing quests, and immersing myself in a whole virtual world. Minutes of gameplay stretched out to hours as I tell myself that this is the last quest I’ll complete, the last enemy I’ll exterminate, the last level up. It’s never the last.

And I haven’t even bought the full game yet.

Should I?

— A Week Later —

I’m level 18 now. I like the game. I play it a lot. However, I am not at the point where everything else in my life halts so that I can battle monsters, explore dungeons, seek rare equipment, and hoard gold. That’s a good sign, right?

My 10-day trial is going to end soon. I think I’ll buy it. Try it out for a month. I can quit anytime, right? Ugh, just saying those words makes it already sound like an addiction.

Whatever. I’ll just have fun with it.

Tags: Gaming, WoW