World of Warcraft is leaving in its wake an increasing list of casualties. Even though she's never played the game, 28 year-old Jocelyn is one of the fallen. A well-spoken California resident, she divorced her husband of six years after he developed a crippling addiction to the smash online RPG.
"He would get home from work at 6:00, start playing at 6:30, and he'd play until three a.m. Weekends were worse - it was from morning straight through until the middle of the night," she told Yahoo! Games in an interview. "It took away all of our time that we spent together. I ceased to exist in his life."
Jocelyn had been friends with her ex-husband Peter since the age of 13, but it took only nine months for her marriage to collapse. "I bought the game for him for Christmas 2004, when it first came out. By May we had our first serious discussion about where our marriage was going, and by September I had moved out," she said.
Peter's domestic duties also suffered. He stopped paying bills, she says, and refused to do his share of the housework. Jocelyn doesn't hesitate to cite Warcraft as the main reason for her divorce and remains emotional about its impact on her marriage. "I'm real, and you're giving me up for a fantasy land. You're destroying your life, your six-year marriage, and you're giving it up for something that isn't even real."
Blizzard Entertainment has announced the opening of beta registrations for “World of Warcraft: The War Within,” inviting players to explore new subterranean worlds beneath Azeroth.
Danish from eXputer: "Despite Blizzard's attempt to give a fresh new spin to World of Warcraft, some fans still seem to be stuck in the past."
HG writes: "Blizzard is usually pretty bad at keeping secrets, but the company somehow managed to keep this one under wraps until now. Plunderstorm is a special limited-time event that’s basically World of Warcraft’s take on the Battle Royale genre."
Splash hot water on him.
Am sorry to hear that at least there are plenty of other nice guys out there that are gamers that would rather spend the time with their girl than games.
yea sometimes video games are crack especially computer games. I'm happy that i was able to understand how rediculous it is wasting all your time playin a game that means nothing. You cant really accomplish anything in life by spending it playin video games. I played Diablo 2 for my whole freshman year in highschool and i regret doing it but at the time I was to blind to see what I was missing... this guy needs to realize that a commitment made to your wife under the eyes of God no matter what religion you are is far more important ... one day this guy is going to wake up and say "what the F*** have I done"
IDIOT
its not funny .. WoW ruins many lifes out there.. (failing in studies,divorce...etc )
a game Like Starcraft or Warcraft cant burn 12 Hours per day like WoW ..
anyway Im so happy for not being one of them .. WoW = DRUG !