After some comparison and debate, as well as battling with installers, I have chosen to try out Warhammer Online. Because I haven't done even single-player gaming in a few years, I had to take some time to look up information on the MMO's to figure out what they were all about.
One of the main points, or arguments I suppose, that was used for Warhammer was their graphics. After looking further into the game, I would say this is what I found to be most appealing. While I did like what I saw from the graphics in screenshots of WoW, those that I saw for Warhammer seemed to be more artistic. The landscapes appear to be more detailed and whimsical. In addition to this, the mysticism, in my opinion, is slightly more apparent.
I look forward to experimenting with the game and possibly gaining new experience. Furthermore, I am eager to enter on the mental journey that I believe the game will provide. While some games I look to be realistic and based on everyday experience, there are some, such as this one, that I expect to get lost in. The artistic landscapes, for example, help facilitate this experience.
As noted before, it has been some time since I've engaged in computer game play. I'm guessing that my personal skill level will definitely be lacking. Despite this, I think the game will be enjoyable all the same.

Game Choice

I decided to choose "Virtual Villagers" because I didn't want to choose a game based on violence. I don't really play computer games, and I didn't know anyone who plays computer games, so I chose this on my own.

According to the description, one builds a civilization in the Virtual Villagers game, including building shelter and harvesting food. It sounds like an interesting concept.

I think it is also appealing because of it's simplicity- the game doesn't sound too complex like other virtual reality games.

Foray into WARHAMMER....

I have decided to play the game WARHAMMER as my research project, and it is much more complex than I had expected. It took me two hours just to finally figure how to actually launch the game interface, although that was much more due to mylack of experience than anything else. I have realized that I need to set aside some serious time to dedicate to playing this game in order to truly understand the definitions and ranks, and most importantly, the social code that exists within the circle of the game's players.

It is my intention, once I understand the game a bit more, to spend equal amounts of time playing the game at various times of the day to hopefully understand who is playing when and why and how often. It would seem if one could find a pattern to the gameplaying, one might find what many of these players feel is missing from their lives that these games fulfil.

Game Choice

I think that I am going to choose World of War Craft. I don't have any friends or family that are into any online games, so I too can't get any good advice or feedback on what would be best for me. I went on to the WOW site and it looks like it will be an interesting challenge. I won't lie and say that I'm not worried or intimidated by it all, I have no past experience with on line gaming and since you play with others, that makes me anxious that i won't be able to get the hang of it, but I will give it my best shot.

Game Choice

The type of game that i will be choosing is going to be an online war game for the moment i don't really have any friends who play computer games so i couldn't get recommendations from people. I am also interested about the world of war craft which everyone seems to be picking and what advert seems to come on the television every other break. I need to start participating in some of these games to get a better idea of the exact game that i want to chose. The reason i am chosing an online war game as my one of my options is becasue it is the only computer game i have really played online, but i am open to try something new.

World of Warcraft

I have pick World of Warcraft for my game to play this week. My fiance has been playing this off and on for a couple of years now. My brother has been playing this for a year now also. When ever we get together they can sit and talk for hours about WOW. I see advertisements a lot for the game to, in stores, on mt. dew bottles, and so many other things. I have watched my fiance play the game and it looks fun, and he really enjoys playing the game. I have created my person and found it kind of fun to pick what ever type of person I wanted, and the way they looked. I played for what I thought was only a hour, which ended up being three hours! The game is very interesting, for me only starting and not really knowing what I was doing, I really enjoyed myself. I had some difficulties but it didn't take me long to understand what I was doing wrong. It's also nice to be able to ask my fiance questions about things, and get some explanation. I still don't see why this is so popular with people, but I hope I soon see why.

Game Choice

I have chosen to play Warhammer. I thought it would be fun after reading the description. Plus I like that I was able to pick my character and make her how I wanted her to look. Then I started exploring the game itself and ended up playing it for more time than i care to mention. It's a game that i might even consider purchasing the upgrade to as at level 10 in this game you are no longer able to move forward. But you are able to play the trial version forever free the game advertises. I'm not entirely sure I get the object of the game, but I do enjoy running around this fictional world completing quests.