This is a dark, dark day for PC gamers, my friends. It was bad enough that Blizzard released World of Warcraft, a game so fiendishly addictive and involving that it threatened our basest of bodily functions. Oh, if that wasn’t bad enough. Then PopCap released Peggle, the addictive and maddeningly enjoyable time-waster that swept virtually every platform in existence, from computer to console to cellular phone.
Suddenly, horribly, PopCap came out with an in-game mod for World of Warcraft to allow gamers to play Peggle from within the game. This was a terrifying bit of software programming. The few moments of travel in Azeroth are now spent idly plinking away orange pegs. But now, PopCap has released a special stand-alone version of Peggle World of Warcraft Edition for people to play outside of Azeroth.
In a frightening bit of postmodernist software design, we are now expected to constantly be playing Peggle at all times–on every console, device and electronic gadget you own. When you put said device down and start to play World of Warcraft, you must also now play Peggle. And on the off-chance that the WoW servers are down, now you can play Peggle with a Warcraft-themed paint job.
When PopCap releases a version of Peggle that you play in your sleep, it’s all ov–oh no, I’m too late…
(via PopCap Games)
