Technocracy: I Was a Third-World Warlord

My WND Technocracy column is about the dangers of pouring time and real-world money into the endless world of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG).

…[W]hen the virtual world consumes the majority of both your time and money, it is not a “game” at all.

Back in 1991, when the only MMORPGs one could play were text-based and accessible through my university’s computer network, I watched students fail out because they became obsessed with the virtual world.

Years later I played an MMORPG myself, and was briefly very powerful within it.  There came a day, however, when I received a very sobering reality check.

Just what are you accomplishing with your time “in-world?”

Read the full column here at WND News.