Seven Things I Learned from World of Warcraft

John August, the screenwriter who wrote three of the Tim Burton movies, writes about what he took from the game and applied in real life. And also about why he had to stop playing it at all.

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This is a pretty interesting article by John August (screenwriter and director) about what he has learnt from playing World of Warcraft and how it relates to and helps him improve on his daily life.
It just goes to show that video games to have some kind of standing in helping people deal with certain things. Whether it be dealing with the outside world by hiding away from it, or giving you ideas on how to improve your life.

I personally think people should think about games in the latter way more often. I havn't until now but I'm going to try to start.