As a teenager who would play games often into the early morning hours (I remember I'd just be going to bed as my father went off to work) feeling like complete garbage and just mentally slower for a few days because of it. I couldn't imagine this all the time...
I'm curious have you ever tried working out in the early hours after waking up? This alone determines if I'm getting good sleep or not. I'll end up staying up way later into the night unless I worked out that morning.
Correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't South Korean have Gaming/Internet Addiction Centers for those with "Gaming Disorders"? I remember seeing something about this from a eSports documentary some time ago. Unfortunately I don't remember name of it.
Although I didn't play Vanilla, as I said above. I've experienced this with the end of Wotlk and beginning of Cata. The introduction to group finder and the ability queue from anywhere for anything really ruined that experience. This caused the game's world to feel empty at least for me anyways.
Oh most definitely! It's certainly not for everyone. I mean even back then, if I'm remembering correctly. There was a site called Thottbot for exactly that. Which I occasionally turned to when the quest was lacking in information. Even before Blizzard officially added a quest helper to the game there was a third party add-on. However, with sites like Thottbot you still had to investigate to figure out what you had to do and I think this still gives you sense of accomplishment over just being told what and where all the time.
This was my first thought too. Although I must admit I didn't play WoW until the release of BC (Burning Crusade) and stopped when Cata finished. So I never really got to experience what was special about Vanilla. More specifically for why I'd want WOTLK is for Arena. The last season was the most balanced that I ever experienced it and some of the most fun I've ever had playing WoW or any game in general.
Jumping back to Vanilla one thing I hate about the current expansions is quest helper and honestly this rings true for other games (Destiny for example) as well. I think the lack of a quest/mission guide is a better experience for the player. I remember playing BC and had a blast trying to complete quest. You had to really pay attention and read the quest for specifics and clues to figure out what was needed or where to go. The completion of quest back then felt so rewarding. Now you just look at your map and follow the "little dotted line"[1] then rinse and repeat. This struggling with quest is what I'm most looking forward to with classic WoW.
I thought Windows 10 dark mode was only to the metro ui (or what ever it's called now). So things like Window Explorer (Finder on macOS) are still not dark themed.
Retro Game Dev: C64 Edition[1] build two games (shooter/platformer) in 6502 Assembly Language for a Commodore 64 emulator. Some other similar books are Making 8-bit Arcade Games in C[2] and Making Games for the Atari 2600[3].
I've never understood the stock piling of gold. I feel like in doomsday life goods like guns, food, water, tools, etc. Would be of more value then gold or bitcoin. Maybe my view of doomsday life is harsher then others.