What John August learned from WoW
by Paul Sherrard 
Feb 21st 2007 at 11:29AM
Some of you may be asking, "Who's John August?" Well, I also asked myself that when I came across his article. Turns out I already knew a lot of his work, and you might too. John's written a bunch of movies, including Go, Charlie's Angels (and its sequel Full Throttle), Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Corpse Bride, and has actually written and directed his first film with The Nines, which garnered some great reviews at the Sundance film festival.
Okay, before this becomes a Cinematical entry, let's get back to what this post is actually about. John, like many struggling (or not so struggling) writers (please take that giant hunter's mark off my head now, thank you), has a lot of free time on his hands while scheming up ideas for scripts and stories. For a while, John chose to spend a good portion of his free time in the World of Warcraft.
What stands out about his article, "Seven Things I Learned from World of Warcraft", is that he's taken what he learned in-game and applied it to his now WoW-free life. I found it amusing and also semi-educational, if not a bit GTD in inspiration. So go hop over and take a read, then come add to his list. What life-lessons have you learned from the World of Warcraft?
Filed under: Virtual selves, Odds and ends, Humor
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Twinny Feb 21st 2007 12:10PM
"Who's John August?"
after reading that article i found myself asking "who cares?"
Prauche Feb 21st 2007 12:14PM
Did he TRULY play the game?
-- Give your stuff you no longer need to newbs....um, ever heard of Soulbound?
-- "So one quickly learns the importance of storage: belts, bags, backpacks and chests..." I'm sorry, I must be a complete n00b, I didn't know that we could store things on our belt and I've never acquired a chest that worked as a storage device....
I have serious doubts.
Sava Feb 21st 2007 12:27PM
Oh come on guys. It's general life advice loosely compared to WoW. Take it as such and move on.
Wartoad Feb 21st 2007 12:41PM
4 months? C'mon, that's lightweight addiction. That's like drinking a 6-pack a week and your wife calling you alcoholic.
Good article though.
Ras Feb 21st 2007 1:28PM
August should have added an item about idiots who don't stop and think for a minute before shooting their stupid, over-aggressive mouths off...see the first two posts in this thread for an example.
And, by the way, white items don't bind, idiots. I had a higher-level warrior who showed up at Northshire Abbey and did exactly as August says...he gave my baby warrior all the WHITE items he'd outgrown. I was very grateful. So STFU e-peen strokers.
Jeffrey Feb 21st 2007 7:32PM
i find these different replies amusing as one part says they think this guy ahs too much time and should spend it palying more wow and learning how to play while the other group is sympathetic or understanding and learns along with him... as for me?...w ell...[...censored...] so that's my view on things....
Ugkul Feb 21st 2007 7:36PM
Well-written. I enjoyed it. He's mapping the WOW experience to real life, and it's an entertaing diversion.
chaladar Feb 21st 2007 10:27PM
Well WoW is real life for its 13 million players?
-chaladar @hiddenstuff.com
the source for World of Warcraft Guides
Emceay Feb 22nd 2007 2:42AM
He must play PvE...