In my more youthful days – back before my body and face began displaying my clear Yeti heritage – I was a dedicated member of WoW’s legions. After a couple years of raiding and impatiently waiting on new expansions, though, I washed out and up onto the shores of games that didn’t consume my every waking hour. Still, it’s evolved into an odd fascination for me – like driving past my childhood home and marveling at how much it’s changed, or something. And I have to admit, it’s pretty incredible how thoroughly Blizzard’s been rolling out the red carpet for old players to revisit their old stomping grounds. But what about new ones?

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