I've heard horror stories about people getting into WoW, and NEVER EMERGING.  But those people have had naturally clingy personalities.  I've never gotten into WoW, but from what I've heard, if you can find a group of people to play with, it's a really fun experience.

I would probably only make and level one character if I got into WoW, and it honestly never appealed to me.  (I'm more of a Starcraft guy). 

Unless you have a lot of free time on your hands, or several friends who are into it, I can't really recommend it.  Don't get me wrong, I really enjoy the game, however that's due to me having soo much free time on my hands. Had I had a job, college, and possible family to deal with (like most people my age should), I probably wouldn't play it.

I don't think you need to spend a lot of cash upgrading to it, the most you might need is some ram and a new video card depending on your PC. The cost of entry though, is a bit up there. 19.99 for the orginal game and about 15 bucks a month. If you want access to two of the races you'll need to pick up the 30 dollar expansion pack.

So yeah, unless you have a crap load of time on your hands or a lot of friends who play, even as a person who plays the game frequently I can't really recommend it.

And BAH!@ Disgaea 3 coming to PS3. It doesn't even look like it fully uses the whole "Next gen" power.

lol  I played it once, and wasnt too impressed.  It does seem like one of those "everyone you know better be playin it otherwise it wont be fun" type things.

I have mixed feelings about WoW.. It's kinda fun.. sometimes.. but I feel like an uber-nerd when I'm logged on. There's only one person that i actually know on my server, and if he's on then we'll run amuck together. Otherwise I go solo.. kinda silly playing an MMO game and spending most of your time going around questing and grinding by yourself..but I'm weird like that. Sometimes I'll give my 2 cents in a chat channel or say something like "want to sell flaccid cock of the donkey- 3 gold" to try and elicit a chuckle but that usually just ends up pissing people off. WoW is extremely addicting, though lately I've only done a few hours a week. At one point I lost my job partly because i stayed up waaay too late playing for like a week and would stumble in to work an hour late. But now I'm slightly more responsible and WoW has lost most of its appeal to me. Here's my main character, Shidassky. He is a lvl. 50 rogue nicknamed the cuisinart because he slices and dices and kills thing quite efficiently. Being a rogue he can turn invisible and sneak around and pick pockets and fun stuff like that.

Then there's my "other" character, Shmama. She is a lvl. 25 shaman who is surprisingly strong. She can turn into a ghost wolf to move faster and can create all sorts of totems to do nifty things like increase the armor points of anyone standing nearby. When i use her in a dungeon with a group I get bitched at for killing things too quickly and recklessly, people think shamans are only supposed to heal or something, I dunno. She is also useful for a reason that will surely make you roffle.. I sometimes will convince a gullible dude that I am a hot young chick without a boyfriend and before you know it they are giving me all sorts of gold and rare items, which i promptly mail to my main character. >

so that's my experience with WoW. I havent got a super powerful level 70 character, and I probably never will tbh. To me it's a lot like playing "the sims" and after an hour or so of playing i think to myself "whats the frickin point of this nonsense?!?"
You might like it, but i gotta agree w/ cass- Unless you know at least a few people on it who can kind of show you the ropes and whatnot, there are tons of other games that will be time better spent.

The game is not bad, but I don't get why you would want to get it. A good gaming computer requires at least graphic card, 1GB RAM, processor so your computer won't asplode the Cds.

Swimming from Menethil to Westfall? Where exactly is Menethil anyway? I've been to Westfall at least... I guess there's no uber deep water for your character to get fatigued in then?

LOL -- Yeah, same here. I've been playing WC3: TFT for the last four years, and when WoW came around I told myself no. I was already spending too much time with WC3, so I can only imagine how bad the allure to WoW would be. I love games, but I don't want anything that takes me too far from what I actually need to get done in real life.