Top games : Hitting level 100 in World of Warcraft feels like a major life event

I spent my Sunday afternoon this past weekend doing two things simultaneously: waiting in a virtual line with 5,000 other people to play World of Warcraft, and spending time with my fiancé and our 15-month-old child. At the intersection between these two activities, something strange occurred to me: I've been playing World of Warcraft on and off longer than I've known the mother of my son.