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Liz over at Terra Nova loves the grind.
Whether it's pulling weeds or slaughtering murlocs, she is all about the zen-like trance of the process of gaming, and in light of those who are willing to pay to avoid the actual game in order to obtain the endgame, I think she may have an enviable outlook.
But the point wasn't really to eradicate every weed...it was to engage in an activity that felt at once mindless and productive, something that gave me bite-sized victories and could be stopped and restarted easily when toddlers demanded my attention. I could talk on the phone while I did this, or chat with neighbors. I could be social, but I was safe from emails on my computer and laundry in my basement.Now we have a lawn service, so there are no creeping weeds in our lawn. That's okay, though, because I've got World of Warcraft.
I've got my main up to 60 already, as do the people I play with, but this little reverie of hers inspires me to not look at bumping up my sad little hunter alt as such a chore. Motivational gameblogging, how about that.
In Praise of the Grind [Terra Nova]
