WoW Moviewatch: Exploring the World of Warcraft
I am a great fan of documentaries. They show us a detached viewpoint on a topic that often brings new insight into the subject matter. This documentary, created by Tim Little, is no exception. As he says it's aimed at a non-gamer audience, so it takes the game from release until today, including a couple player interviews, and explains the WoW experience for those who don't play. It's like looking at a history of your family, only it's the World of Warcraft family rather than a flesh and blood familial bond.
I appreciated the footage of the global release of The Burning Crusade. When I picked up my copy there were only 19 of us standing outside the store. It's great to see the throngs of gamers and to imagine what it must have been like to be there with them. Thanks Tim for sharing this project with us. I hope you got an A.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dracula Jones May 30th 2007 1:53PM
Those guys are *really* enthusiastic.
I object to them being our representatives to non-gamers. It's like listening to Mickey describe prison life in Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
You get to lift weights, watch TV, write up appeals, take long showers, lift weights.... flight paths, level up, check AH... flight paths.
Give your subjects some coffee before interviewing.
MartinC May 30th 2007 3:47PM
LOL. True dat.
If I had never played the game before, watching those interviews would most definitely make me *not* want to play it.
Corrodias May 30th 2007 6:36PM
It wasn't terrible, but he should have covered a LITTLE more detail about raiding and instances. It's not just soloing and socializing. I'd have quit ages ago. Or tried to. *shudder*
He did a good job of driving home the immense scale of the fanbase, though. I'm curious how many of these 8+ million accounts are -active-, however.
bill gates May 31st 2007 12:20AM
gay
Cyber-Blade May 31st 2007 6:51AM
@3
The 8+ million accounts are active accounts. All of them.
Flatwave May 31st 2007 12:53PM
Anyone knows where this can be downloaded in *good* quality?