Blizzard Updates WoW Player Stories

Blizzard has added a few new user-submitted letters to its Player Stories section. It seems that gaming's most addictive pastime can also be a popular family gathering place.

One year ago at Christmas time I bought a copy of World of Warcraft for my college-age son. His friends at school were all playing, and being a videogame buff he wanted to try for himself. He created a human warrior on Mug'thol and started playing. I frequently came in and watched him play, and decided it looked like so much fun I would create a character for myself. I created a separate account and created a human paladin for myself. We quested together and had a grand time!

World of Warcraft has now become a family activity for us, with each of us helping the others. The best part of this is the lines of communication it has opened for my husband and me with our teenager and young adult. It has given us a common frame of reference and a way for our children to feel more "equal" to us. Our relationships have improved and the kids now feel free to talk about problems, both in and out of Azeroth, with us.

Thanks Blizzard Entertainment for giving me a way to bridge the generation gap and for helping my kids see me not only as Mom but as a person, in the same way that I can now view them as developing adults and not just my children.

The family that raids together, stays together. Until your kid forgets to soulstone you and you have to re-clear the whole g*ddamn instance for the fifth time.