Now Playing: Slack Nerdeth - MMORPGs
I'm not much of a fan of MMORPGs. They just seem like a tremendous waste of time to me. They're misnamed: they should be called MMOAGs, or something, for "Adventure" rather than "Roleplaying". Computer roleplaying games of any kind are just roleplaying games without the roleplaying.
To understand my perspective, maybe it would help to understand that I started playing real, pencil-and-paper RPGs in the early-to-mid-eighties. I know what "roleplaying" really means in the abbreviation RPG. There is a lot missing from computer "RPG"s of any kind that we just don't have the technology to recreate from "real" RPGs using computers, yet. What's missing is what makes an RPG into an RPG rather than a "Choose Your Own Adventure" book.
I know some people that play MMORPGs. That's fine. To each their own. I'm not actually offended by MMORPGs, or other computer RPGs, at all. I just find them to be silly, pointless, and wastes of time. I have hobbies that are silly, pointless, and wastes of time too, probably.
Maybe. Well, maybe not, but I don't necessarily see such hobbies as being "bad". The fact that I'm very, very good at constructing arguments and recognizing spin on neutral facts makes it easy for me to chide friends for playing MMORPGs, though, so I do. It's fun. I guess that's one of my silly, pointless hobbies that wastes time. That's okay. They do the same to me about some of my own hobbies. I cheerfully accept chiding for being such a Linux geek. Such is life. Recently, though, I found myself singing entirely the wrong lyrics to the tune of Black Sabbath's "War Pigs". I'll post them here for your enjoyment. The following is released under CCD CopyWrite , just like everything else in this blog.
Dorks are gathered in their masses
Just like methods in their classes
Newbies desperate for instruction
In skills of character construction
Ships and victims bleeding, burning
Worlds of Warcraft keep on turning
City of Heroes wasting time
Poisoning their brainwashed minds
Jolt Cola!
Computer game geek hide away
From the burning light of day
Why go out and get real jobs?
They leave that to dads and moms
Time slips by, more power-ups
Adding gemstones to their hoards
Collecting golden coins and cups
Playing GUI games without boards
Save!
The world outside could just stop turning
I'd never know my house was burning
Now the MMORPGs have the power
Evercrack has stolen hours
I'm selling characters to newbies
And buying magic swords and XPs
The swivel chair I'm sitting in
Is adhering to my skin
/pizza!
