World of Warcraft Tip: The Story of Remembrance and Rituals
DateTime:5/23/2012 10:37:34 AM
Blizzard knows the importance of rituals and has done a fine job of incorporating familiar versions in the World of Warcraft itself. In fact, I might argue that the developer has done well in reminding us of many rituals in our forgotten past – or those which modern society has deemed “too ritualistic” to have in the open.The purpose of a ritual, while symbolic, is to give people the opportunity to remember who they are, why they do what they do, and to provide a wow gold in a community or culture. To the outsider, these may seem weird or irrational.
Activision is in an interesting situation this year. Having bailed on Bizarre Creations, then putting a (temporary) end to the DJ Hero and Guitar Hero franchises. They have less triple-A releases to showcase at E3 next week and unlike last year, they aren’t throwing a major event. They have worked on Spider-Man: Edge of Time which looks awfully similar to Shattered Dimensions, and Silicon Knights is developing X-Men: Destiny which doesn’t look too stellar from its screenshots so far.
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