Today I began playing the online game "Torn City". My friend Dominic plays the game daily. When I lived with him it really got on my nerves that he was so involved in a game that took up a good portion of his day. He was always so committed to a virtual crime or stealing money to put towards buying a virtual mansion.
This begins a social experiment. What is so compelling about these kinds of online games? Does it take a certain kind of person to exist daily on a forum where text and images are exchanged? Am I one of those people?
Becasue I had no "money" when I first joined the game I only had one option: to join the army. It was thrilling. I just clicked a button and it was done.
www.torncity.com