One for the money, two for the show... look out Warcraft cause here we go...

Temptation... I am yours. It has been many sad moons since I last logged into WoW. In that time I have desperately sought finding some way... perhaps some other video game that could take its place. Alas... I have failed. To the tune of more than $100 in the process of trying to find something I could play that engrossed and entertained me as much as WoW.

I will never get to end game. I know that; however, I have made my peace with that. I realized during my hiatus that I could play the first 30 - 40 levels over and over again. The quests, the puzzles, the gear, the phat loot. Aye, I just couldn't stay away anymore. I have decided to make a couple of changes in the way I play I though.

I am only going to play with store bought Warcraft cards that are pre-paid for 60 days. That way if I decide to take a break I can just let my subscription expire and purchase a pre-paid card when I want to play again.

I'm going to drastically cut back my playing time.

So what games have I tried. Shit dudes what game have I not tried... here is a short list...

1. Fate (nice, but too simple)

2. Titan Quest (Diablo II clone dressed up in the Greek Pantehon of Gods... not bad, actually quite good, but very repetitive... too repetitive for my liking)

3. Guild Wars (Oy D'Vey, what was I thinking)

4. Dungeon Runners (a very friendly MMORPG that sort of takes aspects of other MMO's and spoofs them... very entertaining, but again... very simple)

5. Elder Scrolls Oblivion (the enemies level up with you? What the hell am I doing here? WHY DO I KEEP DYING!!!) GOD DAMMIT!!!!

6. Sacred (GOLD)... Another Diablo II clone... this one is crash happy with funky over animated and over stylized graphics (and all the carchters look like they have wedgies... most disturbing).

Yeah the list goes on from there. Now mind you I am also a hardcore strategy gamer. I love Company of Heroes, DoW 40K, Age of Empires III, etc, etc, etc,... but they can't take the place of a good grind, or dungeon run, or even good quest line with an interesting story.

Lookout WoW... FAT JOEY IS COMING HOME... k... l8r,