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15 Minutes of Fame: Playing WoW with Fark.com"s Drew Curtis

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From Hollywood celebrities to the guy next door, millions of people have made World of Warcraft a part of their lives. How do you play WoW? We"re giving each approach its own 15 Minutes of Fame.

You might think that Fark.com founder Drew Curtis is probably too busy a guy to spend much time playing video games, especially a notorious time-gobbler like WoW. You"d be wrong. Curtis thinks WoW is pretty neat and indeed has made World of Warcraft a family affair.

But as the creator of addictively snarky news aggregator site Fark.com, Curtis recognizes the value of when it"s important to tune in and when it"s cool to tune out. "I"m sorta casual in that I play a couple hours every other day or so when I have time," he explains, "but when I don"t, I log the hell off until whatever needs doing gets done. I don"t know anyone else who has no trouble just turning it off when they need to, which is kinda weird, I think." He also finds unusually productive times to turn it on -- including "useless conference calls that could have been done with a single email instead." (Potential meeting organizers, beware!)

Hear more on how the master of Fark"s snark plays World of Warcraft as we chat with Curtis after the break.

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WoW Insider15 Minutes of Fame: Playing WoW with Fark.com"s Drew Curtis originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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