In her race for a seat in Maine's State Senate, Colleen Lachowicz has had to defend her double life as a level 85 orc on World of Warcraft. One commenter says that any WoW character she played would've been used against her by her opponents.
GOP forces have outed Maine State Senate candidate Colleen Lachowicz as a hardcore, level 85 rogue of orc descent—meaning yes, the world of politics has completely gotten all World of Warcraft on us.
Iranian gamers may be freaking out about losing access to World of Warcraft, but apparently the game as a whole is falling from its nerdy perch, according to an interactive chart by Paid Content's Robert Andrews.
There is a panic that's sweeping Iran. Gamers have found out that their World of Warcraft accounts are now casualties of the United States's embargoes and sanctions against Iran.
A former prisoners says, "We kept playing until we could barely see things"
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