World of Warcraft Geeks, UNITE!

To start off...no, i do not play the game. And I have no intention to ever play the game. However, given the cult status that the game has, this should be pretty newsworthy.

For those of you who are oblivious to the World of Warcraft, it is a computer game. An MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) to be exact. All over the world people log hours and hours into this game, sitting at their computers just randomly typing commands in and communicating with their friends while they get together to kill some kind of wilderbeast or something along that nature. The game has warriors, wizards, dwarfs and pretty much anything else you'd expect from the genre.

For most fanboys and girls, the game was already more than just a game, it was an obsession, a lifestyle choice. However, now it actually is going to be more than just a game. At the San Diego Comic Convention, DC Comics announced that it will be publishing a monthly series based off the World of Warcraft license. DC chose wisely when they selected the writer for the series when they chose Walt Simonson. Simonson is best known for his work on Thor. Thor is the God of lightning and the son of the God Oden. He lives in Askgard, a mystical place filled with dwarfs, warriors, etc. So clearly, Simonson has worked within this genre before. The series will be debuting this fall.