So Jorgy and I have been playing Diablo 2 for the past two weeks now. Even Tou Fue has joined in with us every once in a while in some good ol' dungeon crawling. Playing this game brings back my high school days where I used to rush home from school so I could play with my friends over modem-to-modem multiplayer Warcraft II or Red Alert games. What always sucked about the technology back then was that it was inevitable that someone's parent would pick up the line halfway into the game, thereby disrupting our games. It got to the point where we worked out a system that the person who's home was responsible for the disconnection was responsible for calling the other parties to reestablish a new game.
But I digress. I think I noticed that most guys, maybe 90%, no matter how masculine or how sporty or artsy, enjoys games where they can disappear into a new character. I like to think of myself as fairly normal, and I still enjoy firing up my Barbarian and wrecking havoc with my 2-handed Great Maul (complete with matching Carthan's helmet and boots). Maybe for me it's a sense of escape from a job where I feel like I'm always reacting to crises and it seems like there's limited results, but it just feels good to be in total control of how that character will develop and "level up". Not to mention, it's a pretty brainless activity that lets you have fun w/ friends.
That's why I am not ashamed to admit that I have now created one new character for each available type, meaning I now have a pool of 5 characters I can choose from.
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