In this week's GameSpotting, everyone's playing World of Warcraft. Seriously. It's actually kind of sick. We were going to have an intervention, honestly, but then our beta key showed up, and trying to get our gnome warlock to level 14 ended up superseding any of our altruistic motives. Accordingly, the kingdom of Azeroth and the nature of video game addiction are both big topics this week. But don't worry--we have some lighter stuff, too. If you'd like to answer our editorial cries for help, you can do so in the forums, and if you liked this week's GuestSpotting column, perhaps you'd like to submit one of your own?

Zelda: The Evolution of a Franchise
Ryan Mac Donald/Executive Producer, GameSpot Live
Eiji Aonuma, the current producer of the Zelda series, talks at GDC 2004 about how the franchise has evolved over the years.

My Soul Is Forfeit
Bob Colayco/Associate Editor
"This column is about any game that you know will own your soul for weeks and months on end."

The Upgrade Path to Poverty
Ryan Davis/Associate Producer
"I knew that, eventually, some PC game would force me to slap down some plastic, but I never could have dreamed that this would be the one to do it."

Confessions of a Game Addict
Greg Kasavin/Executive Editor
"In a certain tone of voice, one could say: It's not good. But who's to say. You can't prove it. Not yet."

Random World of Warcraft Answers and Advice
James Yu/Senior Hardware Editor
"I'm using my space in this episode of GameSpotting to record some of the answers and advice I've given out in the past week."

Do You Know When to Quit?
D. Jim Maybury/GameSpot Live Intern
"When is the task more of a nuisance than the reward is worth?"

The Medium Is the Massage: the Mozart of Mario
Dru Hartley/GuestSpotter
"The moves were the words and the buttons the letters. A well-played round is a work of performance art."

This One Time, at Computer Camp...
Melvin K. Poindexter/A Dork With a Story to Tell
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