Three months is a good time between updates, right? Seriously I’ve been anxiety-ridden over my inability to play and write about games lately. I suddenly went from playing a great variaty of old and new games to working twice as much and see my only game time being eaten up by AION.

I quit playing MMOs around two years ago and haven’t touched one since. I know what MMOs can do to you, so I’ve tried to avoid them. I’ve skipped several games that I had been following the development of, such as Warhammer, Darkfall and Age of Conan. As I like being in from the start the game I am looking at right now is Aion, due for release in western territories in September.

When writing down my initial impressions of “World of Warcraft” in an earlier article, I found the game structure to be archaic and seemingly uninteresting as I began leveling a character for the first time. Although these impressions may have been harsh after only experiencing a rather vertical slice of the gameplay and experience, after a significantly longer playtime (I am currently level 71), these earlier thoughts remain true. So the real question then becomes, if I dislike how a game is played, why have I bought both of the expansions as well as paying for a monthly subscription fee?

World of Warcraft is arguably one of the most successful video games of all time. As someone who has never played a massively multiplayer online game, I have wanted to know for quite awhile what makes these games, especially World…