Comments on: Hacking is my World of Warcraft http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft It's all spinning wheels and self-doubt until the first pot of coffee. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: 0xDECAFBAD » In retrospect http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1#comment-348890 0xDECAFBAD » In retrospect Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:53:45 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft#comment-348890 <p>[...] though, I’ve gone habitually quiet in the past few years. I’ve gone from claiming that hacking is my World of Warcraft to just getting sucked into WoW proper. It’s gotten to the point that I’ve wondered [...]</p> [...] though, I’ve gone habitually quiet in the past few years. I’ve gone from claiming that hacking is my World of Warcraft to just getting sucked into WoW proper. It’s gotten to the point that I’ve wondered [...]

]]> By: Brian Kiser http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1#comment-70125 Brian Kiser Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:51:08 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft#comment-70125 <p>So get the best of both worlds... hack World of Warcraft.</p> <p>It uses Lua for add-ons, and you can write your own. I'm working on that now for a grad school project. It's a blast and a very fun application of your programming talents. :)</p> So get the best of both worlds… hack World of Warcraft.

It uses Lua for add-ons, and you can write your own. I’m working on that now for a grad school project. It’s a blast and a very fun application of your programming talents. :)

]]> By: Og så alligevel… » Blog Archive » Spending time on computer games http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1#comment-68317 Og så alligevel… » Blog Archive » Spending time on computer games Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:01:04 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft#comment-68317 <p>[...] An interesting aside is that some Free Software hackers actually call F/OSS hacking their own kind of MMORPG, and many of the same traits are present: Online sociality, common goals, fun and learning. One hacker even wrote an applet for GNOME so that he could see his GNOME Bugzilla level directly from the desktop panel: [...]</p> [...] An interesting aside is that some Free Software hackers actually call F/OSS hacking their own kind of MMORPG, and many of the same traits are present: Online sociality, common goals, fun and learning. One hacker even wrote an applet for GNOME so that he could see his GNOME Bugzilla level directly from the desktop panel: [...]

]]> By: 0xDECAFBAD » world of warcraft is my world of warcraft http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1#comment-35924 0xDECAFBAD » world of warcraft is my world of warcraft Wed, 06 Sep 2006 20:32:09 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft#comment-35924 <p>[...] world of warcraft is my world of warcraft Remember when I wrote that hacking is my World of Warcraft? Well, lately, World of Warcraft has been my World of Warcraft. Yes, that’s right: I’m on that slippery slope now. My best friend and Best Man back in Michigan handed me a copy of the game as a going-away present, ostensibly to help keep in touch. So, to recouperate from the book writing, the marrying, the moving, and the new jobtaking - I’ve been maintaining laziness on the extracurricular hacking front, and WoW has appeared in the vacuum. I can only hope that I don’t next progress into a stage of “Hacking WoW is my Hacking”. Smack me if my name starts appearing on this site. [...]</p> [...] world of warcraft is my world of warcraft Remember when I wrote that hacking is my World of Warcraft? Well, lately, World of Warcraft has been my World of Warcraft. Yes, that’s right: I’m on that slippery slope now. My best friend and Best Man back in Michigan handed me a copy of the game as a going-away present, ostensibly to help keep in touch. So, to recouperate from the book writing, the marrying, the moving, and the new jobtaking – I’ve been maintaining laziness on the extracurricular hacking front, and WoW has appeared in the vacuum. I can only hope that I don’t next progress into a stage of “Hacking WoW is my Hacking”. Smack me if my name starts appearing on this site. [...]

]]> By: World of Warcraft vs hacking at Bloggliv http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1#comment-11949 World of Warcraft vs hacking at Bloggliv Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:07:29 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft#comment-11949 <p>[...] Att lära sig programmera tar lång tid, att spela Wow tar minst lika mycket tid av vardagen; frågan är bara vilket som är bäst lämpat som fritidshobby. 0xDECAFBAD har en suverän slutkläm på sitt inlägg Hacking is my World of Warcraft. On one hand, my compulsion to hack and learn has rewarded me professionally and around the internets. But, on the other hand, WoW is a heck of a lot easier to /quit. [...]</p> [...] Att lära sig programmera tar lång tid, att spela Wow tar minst lika mycket tid av vardagen; frågan är bara vilket som är bäst lämpat som fritidshobby. 0xDECAFBAD har en suverän slutkläm på sitt inlägg Hacking is my World of Warcraft. On one hand, my compulsion to hack and learn has rewarded me professionally and around the internets. But, on the other hand, WoW is a heck of a lot easier to /quit. [...]

]]> By: Andrew Turner http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft/comment-page-1#comment-10665 Andrew Turner Thu, 04 May 2006 19:10:34 +0000 http://decafbad.com/blog/2006/05/03/hacking-is-my-world-of-warcraft#comment-10665 <p>I'm always attracted to the idea of "The Zen Art of Programming". Development is my meditation. Desigining an architecture or writing a piece of code is like solving a koan. </p> <p>I think this happens to more people that one may realize. It's why mods like Counter-Strike for Half-Life showed up. There were people more interested in programming <em>for</em> a game than playing the game itself. The game merely a new problem to be solved or played with.</p> I’m always attracted to the idea of “The Zen Art of Programming”. Development is my meditation. Desigining an architecture or writing a piece of code is like solving a koan.

I think this happens to more people that one may realize. It’s why mods like Counter-Strike for Half-Life showed up. There were people more interested in programming for a game than playing the game itself. The game merely a new problem to be solved or played with.

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