Gamer Culture, MMORPGs, Virtual Worlds, World of WarCraft
Anthropologist Studies WoW, “Nerd Rage,” and Guild Friendships
Alex Golub has a leg (and probably a whip or two) up on Indiana Jones.
Sure, everybody’s favorite fedora-donning archeologist has bested treacherous locales like the Temple of Doom and retrieved priceless historical artifacts from the clutches of madmen, but he’s only done it four times. (And the world would be a better place without his last excursion.) Golub, on the other hand, tests his mettle against the denizens of the Black Temple and Tempest Keep four times a week, in search of the Orb of the Sin’dorei and other fat loots. Plus, you know… Golub’s a real person.
