MMORPG. Try saying that ten times faster. The acronym stands for "Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game," or, as some of us have come to know games of that genre, Digital Crack.
Let's face it people. Chat rooms can be a bit addictive (they were for me at first when I discovered the wondrous world of Internet) and, when you combine that people vs. people interaction with the questing, collecting, leveling and hack & slashing typical of a Role Playing Game, or RPG, you have the ultimate geek's wet dream. MMORPG's are notorious for ruining many a geek's social life (at least, the small handful that actually has one) and carry on a nasty reputation for making people forget to shower, go to work, or tend to their spouses.

I first had my experience with an MMORPG a few months ago with KNIGHTS ONLINE, which is a ...Keep reading.

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If you live on this Island (or have read blogs or news related to it) then you're probably familiar with last weekend's display of mass stupidity caused by unfounded rumors spread over the radio by some fucking bastard with an agenda. THE GASOLINE'S GONNA END!!! EVERYBODY RUN TO THE STATIONS AS IF THERE WAS NO TOMORROW!!!
A strike caused by "people" (truckers, really, the term people is applied VERY loosely) who only care about their own goals being met at the expense of everyone else's well being, jump-started the notion that there would be a shortage of fuel, since no trucks would be delivering it. Countless times before these neanderthals have gone on strike while the gas stations remain intact. Why would it have to happen now?
Their fun little antics nearly cost me the whole weekend. I had planned to spend ...Keep reading.

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