Just recently, I have been introduced into a world that I knew about, but actually never really knew anything about. It is the world of the online gaming community...

If you are like me, a little apprehensive to sit in front of a computer and spend my time playing video games, you would think that World of Warcraft is just a game on the internet. Until this week I have just realised it is much more.

The gaming industry as you know is worth millions of dollars, mostly because kids beg their parents to buy them the latest games and they go home and have hours of fun sitting in front of their television or PC monitor. Children can be very persuasive, especially if you are a parent, they can actually fit the description of a door to door salesperson but more to the point here, they are experts at leveraging the money of their parents - an excellent idea for a smart business team.

Now I know that it is perfectly normal to play video games and I would have thought that once you buy a video game, it’s paid for and you don’t pay a cent extra to keep playing but wait... Is there a game out there that you buy and then have to keep paying an ongoing fee? Is there a game that is basically on a continual hire purchase??

The Answer is YES.

After doing a bit of research, I have found that a neat little company named Blizzard created this extremely complex and outrageously popular online game called World of Warcraft. I really believe that they have struck the jackpot in terms of business building with the idea that you have to pay to play the game online. Now I know there are games on the internet that you have to pay for in order to play then online, but this game is bought in a regular shop. It is quite irregular to buy a game in store and then have to pay continual costs to keep playing it online. Not only is there a one off purchase fee for the software, but you have to pay a fee every two months if you want to keep playing! Thousands of people (including many adults) play this game online for hours on end. Just to let you know, I’m 27 years old and I feel like I’m forty at this point. I have never played the game, let alone knew that you actually have to pay money just to keep playing the thing. I have to ask myself, is this the norm now and am I fully behind the times? When I was with my cousin in law, he had to stop in at EB Games and he said he wouldn’t be long, and after 15 minutes I went into the shop. I found him in the gaming section looking at some games and mentioned that we should get going. On the way out I asked what he had in his hand and I was dumbstruck, being a business owner myself I would like to think that I have a good knowledge of how to make a buck, but where I find the value here, is the ingenuity of the whole concept. It is not everyday I feel, some could say, enlightened.

Now I’m not going to go into the details of how the game works because I don’t have a clue, but I do have something that players of this game actually want: A Free World of Warcraft Gold and Level Guide. After reading all of this you are probably thinking, how did he get one of those? Well, to let you know, when I was doing a bit of research on WoW (as it is commonly referred to), I found a site on the internet that actually provides a free World of Warcraft gold and level guide. I came across a site called wowgreatestguide.com and it has a link to a website that provides a free World of Warcraft gold and level guide (I think I’m finally over the name of this guide).Anyway to cut a long story short, I thought it would be “cool” to make a video and although it is a little bit amateurish, I am kind of proud of it because it is the very first video I have ever uploaded to YouTube. I hope you can make time to have a look at it and let me know what you think.

Don’t be afraid to let me know what you really think (but use nice words, lol)

Ps. I don’t usually use this blogging style of writing, but I must say I like it!

Juan