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World of Warcraft is the most popular ever MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game), with over twelve million subscribers and growing every day.WoW is everywherefrom episodes of South Park and The Simpsons, to online series like Watch the Guild, accolades and awards from game critics, prime-time commercials with William Shatner and Mr. T., and even criminal and civil courts in the real world. People marry and divorce individuals they have met in the game, realworld financial markets thrive in virtual WoW property, parents have their kids treated for Warcraft addiction, and real-world lawsuits, vendettas, and murders have been provoked by the game.Since identities are known to be assumed, is it okay to totally misrepresent yourself in the game? Does the Corrupted Blood epidemic warn us of future public health catastrophes? How can it be wrong to steal something which doesnt exist or torture characters who dont feel pain? Is warfare really essential to the world of Warcraft? What can our own world learn from Azeroths blend of primitivism and high-tech?A specially commissioned guild of philosophers tackle these and other hard questions in World of Warcraft and Philosophy.

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Table of Contents Popular Culture and Philosophy Series Editor George A - photo 1
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Popular Culture and Philosophy Series Editor: George A. Reisch
VOLUME 1
Seinfeld and Philosophy: A Book about Everything and Nothing (2000)
VOLUME 2
The Simpsons and Philosophy: The Doh! of Homer (2001)
VOLUME 3
The Matrix and Philosophy: Welcome to the Desert of the Real (2002)
VOLUME 4
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy: Fear and Trembling in Sunnydale (2003)
VOLUME 5
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All (2003)
VOLUME 6
Baseball and Philosophy: Thinking Outside the Batters Box (2004)
VOLUME 9 Harry Potter and Philosophy: If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts (2004)
VOLUME 12
Star Wars and Philosophy:More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine (2005)
VOLUME 13
Superheroes and Philosophy: Truth, Justice, and the Socratic Way (2005)
VOLUME 15
The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy: The Lion, the Witch, and the Worldview (2005)
VOLUME 17
Bob Dylan and Philosophy: Its Alright Ma (Im Only Thinking) (2006)
VOLUME 18 Harley-Davidson and Philosophy: Full-Throttle Aristotle (2006)
VOLUME 19
Monty Python and Philosophy: Nudge Nudge, Think Think! (2006)
VOLUME 20
Poker and Philosophy: Pocket Rockets and Philosopher Kings (2006) Edited by Eric Bronson
VOLUME 21
U2 and Philosophy: How to Decipher an Atomic Band (2006)
VOLUME 22
The Undead and Philosophy: Chicken Soup for the Soulless (2006)
VOLUME 23
James Bond and Philosophy: Questions Are Forever (2006)
VOLUME 24
Bullshit and Philosophy: Guaranteed to Get Perfect Results Every Time (2006)
VOLUME 25
The Beatles and Philosophy: Nothing You Can Think that Cant Be Thunk (2006)
VOLUME 26
South Park and Philosophy: Bigger, Longer, and More Penetrating (2007) Edited by Richard Hanley
VOLUME 27
Hitchcock and Philosophy:
Dial M for Metaphysics (2007) Edited by David Baggett and William A. Drumin
VOLUME 28
The Grateful Dead and Philosophy: Getting High Minded about Love and Haight (2007) Edited by Steven Gimbel
VOLUME 29
Quentin Tarantino and Philosophy: How to Philosophize with a Pair of Pliers and a Blowtorch (2007) Edited by Richard Greene and K. Silem Mohammad
VOLUME 30
Pink Floyd and Philosophy: Careful with that Axiom, Eugene! (2007) Edited by George A. Reisch
VOLUME 31
Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth (2008) Edited by John Huss and David Werther
VOLUME 32
Bruce Springsteen and Philosophy: Darkness on the Edge of Truth (2008) Edited by Randall E. Auxier and Doug Anderson
VOLUME 33
Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Mission Accomplished or Mission Frakked Up? (2008) Edited by Josef Steiff and Tristan D. Tamplin
VOLUME 34
iPod and Philosophy: iCon of an ePoch (2008) Edited by D.E. Wittkower
VOLUME 35
Star Trek and Philosophy: The Wrath of Kant (2008) Edited by Jason T. Eberl and Kevin S. Decker
VOLUME 36
The Legend of Zelda and Philosophy: I Link Therefore I Am (2008) Edited by Luke Cuddy
VOLUME 37
The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy: Wicked Wisdom of the West (2008) Edited by Randall E. Auxier and Phillip S. Seng
VOLUME 38
Radiohead and Philosophy: Fitter Happier More Deductive (2009) Edited by Brandon W. Forbes and George A. Reisch
VOLUME 39
Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy: The Porpoise Driven Life (2009) Edited by Erin McKenna and Scott L. Pratt
VOLUME 40
Transformers and Philosophy (2009) Edited by John Shook and Liz Stillwaggon Swan
VOLUME 41
Stephen Colbert and Philosophy: I Am Philosophy (And So Can You!) (2009) Edited by Aaron Allen Schiller
VOLUME 42
Supervillains and Philosophy: Sometimes, Evil Is Its Own Reward (2009) Edited by Ben Dyer
VOLUME 43
The Golden Compass and Philosophy: God Bites the Dust (2009) Edited by Richard Greene and Rachel Robison
VOLUME 44
Led Zeppelin and Philosophy: All Will Be Revealed (2009) Edited by Scott Calef
VOLUME 45
World of Warcraft and Philosophy: Wrath of the Philosopher King (2009) Edited by Luke Cuddy and John Nordlinger

IN PREPARATION:
Mr. Monk and Philosophy (2010) Edited by D.E. Wittkower
Anime and Philosophy (2010) Edited by Josef Steiff and Tristan Tamplin
Soccer and Philosophy (2010) Edited by Ted Richards
Facebook and Philosophy (2010) Edited by D.E. Wittkower
Manga and Philosophy (2010) Edited by Josef Steiff and Adam Barkman
The Red Sox and Philosophy (2010) Edited by Michael Macomber
Martial Arts and Philosophy (2010) Edited by Graham Priest and Damon Young
The Onion and Philosophy (2010) Edited by Sharon M. Kaye

For full details of all Popular Culture and Philosophy books, visit www.opencourtbooks.com.
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This is dedicated to Blizzard Entertainment for all their hard work in creating, designing, and implementing World of Warcraft and the other games of the Warcraft franchise. Its also dedicated to the vast community of World of Warcraft players, guild leaders, and other denizens of Azeroth.
Acknowledgments
First, thanks to George and David at Open Court for supporting our judgment. We would also like to thank the contributing authors, who have managed to limit their online game playing in order to write compelling and entertaining articles. Luke is grateful to his friend Brad Gaston for having the integrity to discuss the game in detail. Crystel from the coffee shop, too, is deserving of gratitude for sitting with Luke and discussing World of Warcraft for several hours. He would also like to thank Michael Jenkins and Justin Murray of SDSU for their honest and useful reviews of a rough draft of the full manuscript. One last heartfelt thanks to Lukes good friend, Jason Vandusen, of Vandusen Design . Jasons excellent design work and advice were essential to the final product. John is thankful to his guild on World of Warcraft (TerrorNovaEitrigg) and on Everquest2 (TruthseekersAntonia Bayle) for helping him learn the subtleties of existing in virtual worlds and the nuances of PvP.
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For years, youve wanted to take your game to the next level. Now is your chance, Reader! In the pages that follow are the appropriate theories and ideas to help you step it up intellectually, to help you give your game some meaningful philosophical insight. As a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) owing its success to previous installments of the genre and the original real-time strategy games,
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