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[spiralunwind]

This is me procrastinating writing some final papers.  I was staring at Ari, watching her observe the wide world until she finally found her thumb and went to sleep.

And...I finally got that Skyguard mount in WoW.  Nothing like a good long rep grind to make you wonder how Blizzard possibly managed to make the game so addicting even when parts of it

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[zovietsquid]

Yep, I'd say these companies should read what you've posted here and reallocate these R&D funds to employee bank accounts. It'd accomplish fuck all the same thing. It's obvious the reason it's so addicting is due to their rewards system - everything you do is rewarded in some unique, tangible way, and while it can get boring and repetitive, it never feels worthless. Whereas at work you're paid the same no matter what, so certain activities gain higher priority based on their meaninglessness or lack of stimulation.

If my friends hadn't stopped playing WoW I probably would have caught the Lich King bug by now. Oh well.

maybe I have a future in business consulting, ha ha

[spiralunwind]

Yeah, it's interesting to see the parallels sometimes between what people want in WoW and what they want in the real world. I read and summarize employee satisfaction surveys for a living, at the moment...suffice to say - regardless the industry or job, the themes are always the same.

I have this theory that there are too many layers between the work we do and the things we have or the life we sustain. Sure, our economic system enables us to trade globally. Sure, it establishes certain rules that make it easier to interact, having grown up speaking the "language" of what things are worth. But the downside is that you have to make several mental leaps from "work" to "result" and I think that's tiring, for the psyche.

Anyway, I'm not interested in overturning the economic system or anything. I don't even know if I have the right answer. I just ponder sometimes what life would be like with a more "fruit of my hands" type approach.

And - probably all the better. WoW is such a time sink!

Hannah