Chris Teacher
This week in languagelab we’ve been talking about games in our English lessons and in particular, the new World of Warcraft game, Wrath of the Lich King.
Wrath of the Lich King has just been launched by Blizzard and is an expansion pack for the largest online MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) in the world. In London there were queues of more than 2000 people as fans waited to be the first to get their hands on the game.
There are more than 11 million people involved in the fantasy game making it one of the biggest meeting places on earth. They spend time fighting monsters or each other, or both. Click here to watch the trailer.
Wrath of The Lich King
We talked about whether video games and online worlds were a bad thing and if they had too much influence on people. It’s a tough question, especially when the virtual world can be so exciting with so many things to do. Certainly some people get addicted to games like World of Warcraft and spend a lot of their time playing, but people spend a lot of time watching football too! We decided that the point about virtual worlds was their ability to engage people and make them interested. This has huge implications not only for entertainment, but for education as well.
Computers and virtual worlds like Second Life and World of Warcraft play more of a role in out lives than ever before so they are bound to attract attention.
Check out these gaming idioms and match them to the right answers
Idiom |
Answer |
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1. Checkmate
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a) From darts – I make the rules |
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2. Call the shots
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b) From roulette – You are having a bad time |
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3. The chips are down
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c) From chess – I win |
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4. Show your hand
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d) From football – let’s start again |
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5. Back to square one.
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e) From cards – tell the truth |
Answers
1.c) 2.a) 3.b) 4.e) 5. d)
I tried once WOW, but I thought it’s too time-consuming. Instead, I started playing Lineage 2, which is free to purchase and you can find some free servers. After a short while I found myself tied to that game. Now I don’t play anymore I just like to find out about games news and reviews on PC District.com. The site is loaded with the latest reviews on new games and is updated all the time. I used to play a lot.
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