"Drinker!"

Silly epithet we've developed, the DW (dear wife) and I. Whenever we loot a creature that seems to have only the barest of pocket change, we figure the guy must have been a drinker, spending his money on booze instead of on shiny goods for us to pry off his cold, dead corpse. Or on weapons that, perhaps could have left US on a long chilly corpse run.

WOW is a much different game than when I played it even a couple years ago. A brief list: the utter drudgery of running and running and running has been greatly alleviated by giving mounts at level 20 AND by making them so affordable. The DW and I used to call the game "Running through the Forest" and honestly, that's what it mostly felt like we were doing.

The whole phasing of different parts of the world is nice. It makes the whole milieu feel a bit more believable, like something that actually happened as a result of the player's actions.

And I can't underestimate how much different it is trying to play according to my wife's more social mode of play than by my reclusive style. We usually play together and tonight we joined a guild. I must mention that the whole guild thing is WAY outside of my comfort zone. Time will tell.