Where Warcraft and I began

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Where Warcraft and I began

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It’s five years today since World of Warcraft first opened its doors to the public, something I’ve been writing about on our website as it’s an anniversary that lies close to the heart of my gaming life (and millions of others’). I also wanted to take the chance, though, to mark a slightly less-celebrated but equally significant anniversary—the fact that it’s now 15 years today since the very first Warcraft game burst onto the global scene.

In 1994, videogames still looked faintly embarrassing to the uninitiated: cheerful, blocky collections of pixels that represented a variety of mythical creatures, but which resembled nothing so much as an artfully arranged set of technical lego. They were impressive—but they were also, really, a toy for boys. My friends and I played Warcraft, Warcraft II, Warcraft III, and their space-age companion, Starcraft, huddled in

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  1. November 24, 2009

    Online strategy games

    Warcraft was the first game of my XBOX. I also played Warcraft, Warcraft II, Warcraft III but now searching to download Starcraft. All those three games are awesome and cool.

  2. March 21, 2010

    bike games

    I have still yet to play a game that captured my imagination like Warcraft did and it is now 2010. Still waiting for the magic again.

  3. January 31, 2012

    strategy games

    I had xbox and now I have PS3 and I really want very badly to play warcraf but I can’t find it, at pc it’s not as good as at consoles with keyboard I don’t like to play :(

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Tom Chatfield is an associate editor at Prospect. His latest book is "How to Thrive in a Digital Age" (Pan Macmillan)




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