Mindless, drooling gamers, both dead and living alike, are taking up Blizzard's hit MMORPG World of Warcraft in record numbers, despite the internet's immenent blinking into silent darkness. That's not news—WoW was a hit even before Z-Day.

What is shocking is the massive uptick in players choosing Undead avatars, previously among the least popular of the Horde races. It's unclear if these new Undead characters are being played by living gamers, eager to adopt the latest trends to find an identity of their own in a confusing society spurting out its own entrails like a mouthful of half-dissolved gummi worms, or undead gold farmers following the rote behaviors of their previous lives.

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