Comments on: A Home is found and a Name is sound.

By: mrmyth

mrmyth — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:35:41 +0000

Good catch! It has now been fixed.

By: Broney

Broney — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:08:21 +0000

Your link to Roni’s LJ is malformed.

By: mrmyth

mrmyth — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 03:05:59 +0000

Oh, I wouldn’t say it is a good message – but as a good ending, I think it works.

I mean, trust me – I’ve personally gone through the process of breaking myself from WoW, and I know I’m the better person for doing so. I know all too well the dangers of such games – but there is a level of social interaction within it, and as the character is presented, it is certainly a step up.

If it was still an ongoing story, I think an MMO addiction would likely be presented as an obstacle to be overcome. But as the conclusion of events, it is able to stand on its own. So Branch ends up as the 1 out of 20 that actually benefits from the bizarre social dynamics of an MMO… it might not be something for most to aspire towards, but it resolves the character about as well as anything could.

By: William G

William G — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:56:15 +0000

So a character that has trouble handling reality finds redemption by completely removing themselves from it instead of seeing a therapist like they should?

And this is a good message?