WoW
Hehe the latest thing that me and my girlfriend are into is WoW, World of Warcraft. Possibly the biggest, baddest online game yet. That's my undead rogue riding a bat by the way. And I was level 10 at the time. What's great about the game is a strong, friendly community. I only had one Alliance guy "laugh" at me whilst most of the time, people were friendly and helpful.
For those that don't know, the game is split into 2 factions, the Alliance and the Horde. The Alliance is made up of humans, dwarves, elves and gnomes, your typical good guy fantasy characters. The Horde has got the undead, trolls, orcs and tauren (a beast race). Early reports suggest the Alliance is largely made up of tweens playing elves.
Another strong point about the game is that there is a focus on questing and following a storyline as opposed to blind powerlevelling in many other MMORPGs. A good variety of races and classes also help to improve this. Each character also gets to pick two extra professions like blacksmithing or tailoring to make their own kickass items ingame. On top of that, everyone can learn stuff like first aid, cooking and fishing. There are details like how staying in an inn for a while makes you feel rested and if you rest long enough, you get an XP boost when u come back ingame. This helps reduce the downtime in between sessions.
Overall I have to say I'm fully impressed by WoW and my only gripe is that my girlfriend doesn't even want to watch the movies anymore!
