The South Park Season 10 DVD set came out yesterday. I finally got to watch the now-famous Make Love, Not Warcraft episode based on World of Warcraft. Strangely, the key point upon which I fixated was when Butters said he wasn’t playing WoW, but rather Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
In the real world, everyone else would be playing the former while I would be stuck with the latter, if only to get the record into MobyGames. In fact there are at least a few Hello Kitty-themed games, but no Island Adventure.
Still, this DVD set came with a free 14-day trial WoW disc. I wonder if I should devote the 2 full weeks to experiencing the modern marvel that is the MMORPG?
WildKard says:
Friends don’t let friends play WOW… as some folks I know say.
Seriously though… just remember that the strength and the weakness of the online game (and not just MMOs) is the interaction. That means there’s a big difference in the experience dependant entirely on other people. I had a good time in my time with WOW because I was able to find people online who I could travel with often, and ask questions of and make jokes and quote lines out of context from previous Warcraft games… it was great.
I also tried the same experience on another server without attempting to make friends and the experience was much different and a lot less fun…. even though I was still finding “cool” new experiences in the game, new quests and new locations.
Anyway that’s just my $0.02… I’m sure as a seasoned pathologist you’ll be evaluating the game you’re experiencing as-given more importantly than if someone is yelling “NOOB!” while you’re trying to fight an Ogre or whether some crazed Orc maniac is running around The Swamps of Sorrow in his underwear.
P.S. I’m biased but… Horde is more fun. Having said that, the undead are always creepy.
xenedar says:
I loved that line.
All: To victory!
(Pause)
Butters: I don’t play World of Warcraft
(Long Pause)
Cartman: Butters, you said you’re on your computer all the time
Butters: Yeah, but I’m playing Hello Kitty Island Adventure
I know it’s fictional, but Hello Kitty Island Adventure sounds as cute as Butters himself, and just the sort of game he’d be playing. Obviously Cartman didn’t make it clear that the meeting was about WoW, and just assumed everyone must be playing it.
This line is right up there with the last scene of Marjorine. His parents think he’s “demon spawn”, and he’s chained up in the basement. His parents kill Rachael from Quality Curtains, push the body towards Butters, and leave, saying “don’t watch it feed”. He looks at the body crumpled up at his feet and says “can I just have some SpaghettiOs?”
music says:
What do you mean ?
katy says:
I am nine years old girl and wacth south park I went on this website to see if (make love not war craft) to see when butters said I like hello kitty party island to see if it as real and I didn’t know that butters was roman , catholic I maen dam what a mix my three favoite episodes are (fat butt pancake head) ,(stupid spoiled whore) and (freak strike) the new episod (over logging) as real funny it all most made me crap my pant katy,
Anonymous says:
I love kitty games but i don’t like hello kitty