Like many others, I was a Warcraft addict. I’ve poured more hours than I’d care to think about into the chores and trials of life in Aezeroth. Like many others though, I finally came to my senses and thought ‘What the Christ am I doing? I hate this game. I hate the grinding, the guild drama, the crippling of my social life. I hate all of it!’

One click of the ‘cancel subscription’ button and I was a free man.

The problem with all this is that I was now left, as are many recovering addicts, with nothing to do. Sure, I could go out in the sunshine, climb trees, play football and all the other things well adjusted young men do. But I’m a geek. A lack of a WoW subscription isn’t gonna change that.

It was time for a new time-sink.

At this point, I met a new friend. His name was EVE: Online. EVE made me wild promises. He said he had a huge game world, where all his players were on the same, single server. He promised me a totally free-form universe. No more of this ‘come heal Karazhan’ nonsense. I could be a pirate, I could be a bounty-hunter. Hell, I could even be a freelance goods transporter and act out all my Firefly fantasies.

He told me I would never have to grind for skills. I would just click on a ‘learn’ button and my character would carry on training for it while I was off doing other things. It would even train while I was offline.

Thing is… his promises all came true. I’m hooked. After the 14-day free trial period he so kindly gave me, I’ve just popped some cash into his pocket to play for another month.

So, if you’re bored of running around as a giant magical Cow, give EVE a try. It might just be up your street.

I’ll see you in the ‘Verse.