The Rumpus Interview with Andrew Ervin
Andrew Ervin discusses his debut novel, Burning Down George Orwell’s House, social media and writing, and how video games can serve as a way to understand the post-human world. ...more
Posts Tagged: World of Warcraft
Love (or Something), Virtually
And the winner of Best Opening Line Ever goes to: “I was a gay man playing ‘Warcraft’ as a beautiful woman, and he was a Mormon virgin. Our romance was a time bomb.”
Over at Salon, Elliot Glen tells the story of his pixel-mediated relationship with a callow, straight, Mormon virgin:
...moreI first met SaltySaber in a dark and dangerous swamp, where he answered my desperate cry for help and rescued me from a gaggle of ruthless ghosts .
Morning Coffee
Octopus pulp covers. I heart you internet.
Expert in alienation, Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore subpoenaed in World of Warcraft law suit.
Patent for a “fabricated baked potato” (via Alexis Madrigal)
Scientists working to extend our lives indefinitely by 2029.
...moreWe’re Paying People to Play Our Video Games for Us
The very idea of a “virtual world” scares me. I don’t understand Second Life, and it makes me a little sad. I understand this makes me a bit of a curmudgeon, but I just can’t believe people would pay real money for virtual genitals.
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