World of Warcraft In the Axis of Evil

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday May 2, 2006 @11:42AM from the not-talking-about-the-horde dept.

Kotaku is running a piece by Wagner James Au, discussing the place World of Warcraft has in 'The Axis of Evil'. From the article: "Then again, there's little reason to think the ban was enforced much at all. Veteran WoW players tell me they often raid with folks who say they are Coalition troops in Iraq who've cleverly hacked around military firewalls to log in. And while it's doubtful that anyone but Kim Jung-Il and his geek cronies could log into World of Warcraft from North Korea, there's still an embargo on Iran."

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Who Cares?? by Anonymous Coward · 2006-05-02 11:58 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Embargoed countries like that also enjoy pirated games, books, music and movies from the US. Why is WOW so special or different?

I'm sorry, I don't see the point of this story. It's listed under politics, but there's no political angle here. But I'm sure people will use this story to bash the US, yet again. It's the MO of slashdot's editors nowadays: set the political bait, and watch the flamewar fly. This is what news for nerds has turned to?