femminista: thoughts of a feminist rhetorician

Score! Thanks to my friend Dr. B I now finally have an invite to play the online multi-player game that requires you to .... Oh, right; it requires you to do what you normally do--surf the web...and that's basically it. Yep. You heard it. I'm playing PMOG, or "Passively Multiplayer Online Game." If you've heard of MMPOGs, then you'll understand the humor in this one. Massively Multi-player Online Games are those like World of Warcraft (WOW) in which an enormous number of players can be logged in at one time and interacting within the virtual world of WOW. Unlike Second Life (which I've mentioned before), WOW is actually a game in that it has a goal that players seek to achieve. Perhaps more accurately, there are goals to achieve--points to earn, levels to reach--think D and D online with pixelated avatars. PMOG also has goals. You just don't have to really try to achieve them. (At least this is how I understand it.) You get points for visiting different websites and then you can buy things and create missions and set traps. Big fun.

So, here it is--my entrance into online gaming--slacker style. On a side note- I started another game recently that teaches hacking skills. I'm looking forward to committing acts of illegality. Kidding. It's just pretend hacking, but I feel cool anyway.