WoW - The stormwind glitch

By: kelly-s Stories of game addiction are a common source of criticism of World of Warcraft, earning it the nickname " World of Warcrack " In June 2005 it was reported that a child had died due to neglect by her World of Warcraft-addicted parents in Korea. In August of that year, the government of the People's Republic of China proposed new rules to curb what they perceived to be social and financial costs brought on by the popularity of games such as World of Warcraft. The measure would enforce a time limit on China's estimated total of 20 million gamers. The Chinese government and The9, the licensee for World of Warcraft in China, have likewise imposed a modification on Chinese versions of the game which places flesh on bare-boned skeletons and transforms dead character corpses into tidy graves. These changes were imposed by the Chinese government in an attempt to "promote a healthy and harmonious online game environment" in World of Warcraft.