Newsroom : Warcraft Sequel Lets You Play A Character Playing Warcraft

World Of World Of Warcraft's amazing level of detail makes players feel like they are actually in a cramped, dark apartment playing World Of Warcraft.
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[@WestOfEarth]

I'm still addicted to this sequel. In fact, I had my character watch this Onion clip and type this comment.

[@benbianinswg3248]

That is some inception shit

[@bart869]

I always knew I'm just a random AI character with procedurally generated blank personality, backstory and name

[@GabrielMaquina]

Enjoy it

[@Buphido]

"Now, you do have to take care of your character so that he doesn’t die on you, but while showering or leaving the house are options you can take in this game, you only really need to make them eat, sleep and beg their parents not to kick them out."

[@FoxyAlice93]

This fake game has more character customization options than the actual game.

[@TheBfanboy]

My favorite part of the game is when you can yell at your mom to make you hot pockets and bring you red bull. It really adds new realism to video games that will rarely be replicated. I'm glad Blizzard's allowed me to go into a world I never could've been in otherwise.

[@Top10Archive]

I didn't like the game.. my character's name was Kyle and he had a green monster energy drink overdose and started selling aderol.

[@Joker-no1fz]

lol mine had a girlfriend he would creampie in between raids.

[@anthonyitaliano7316]

adderall*

[@DarkJak]

Kyle meme died a while ago, even karen is dead now that corporations are using it

[@BlastinRope]

Mine developed schizophrenia and got insitutionalized after stabbing someone on public transportation

[@wholesomekeanureeves9466]

Adderall?is that what you mean?

[@ipv7372]

I can't believe I missed Alt-Shift-7 in all of my games. The end user license agreement is so exciting.

[@spookyScarysanic]

"Arrow keys" lol

[@xl000]

why LOL ?

[@antmanmax1]

because only scrubs keyturn

[@ironpro7217]

@@xl000 because everyone uses WASD

[@NoOne-py5or]

@@ironpro7217 lul i use my mouse smh keyboard turning bunch of scrubs

[@bg2dajake]

@@NoOne-py5or … said no one

[@CC-ed9lf]

This is literally what inspired twitch.

[@ShivaOO7]

Streaming was already a thing in 2008

[@midwestmountainman]

And justin.tv was around in 2007. Eventually they changed their name to Twitch.

[@GabrielMaquina]

Sad but true

[@NinuRenee]

Reading the terms of service? Immersion dead

[@VeganKebabDoRuky]

@Srithor True, for example, my favorite fantasy book is written about a man who reads a lot and it's a great way to experience something I never would otherwise!

[@TheGreenReaper]

He gave up halfway through, though.

[@rehmsmeyer]

"The worst thing that can happen in the game is to have your character's internet go down. Then you have to make your character get on the phone with their internet provider." Hahahaha

[@sabes44]

Lol!!

[@dvdjkaufmn]

absolutely this! 🤣

[@kclark5382]

“Hundreds of hours a week” lol it’s sad I’m willing to bet many didn’t pick up on that

I thought I heard 100 hours a week

[@sams7068]

yeah it's a pretty subtle joke, only people who can understand rick and mortuy can pick up on it

[@pranavkondapalli9306]

24*7 is 168 lololol

[@dedalliance1]

@@pranavkondapalli9306 Those are rookie numbers son.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Lol yep 24 hours x 7 days = 168 hours in a week

[@TheOnion]

The Onion recaps other major video game releases as hype swirls around the new version of Grand Theft Auto: Warcraft Sequel Lets You Play A Character Playing Warcraft

[@RobertNolan]

heheh :)

[@stevenjossyinfo]

LOL, Gimmicky and Stupid! :)

[@deanstonwright9618]

Deanstonwright

[@jasonkelly3820]

Haaaa! Good stuff!!

[@arthuralirez9659]

Guys I don't really know what I'm doing here.. This I'd my first time ever using this..lol

[@roguecraftstar9251]

When your sim plays the sims in the sims

[@hazukichanx408]

Reminds me of that guy who painted himself painting himself from within the painting, and then painted a painting of himself painting himself, and then did another painting of himself painting himself painting himself being painted by himself.

[@geeksheureux]

"New study finds flightless birds just lazy"

[@armelior4610]

The raid where you have to go shopping with your siblings is brutal, but if you wait too long to do it, you get the bad ending with the parents kicking your avatar out

[@ophidion]

''when you look at your screen, you see the character and you actually think you're in a basement watching at a screen'' LOL

[@pirateadventure895]

Can't wait for World of World of World of Warcraft.

[@xl000]

I think he saying: at 2:08 World of World Of Warcraft World of Warcraft Craft.

[@AngelMass]

My avatar is the biggest fan in the whole world of world of warcraft world of warcraft craft world

[@TheJoelD]

The interview with the guy in the gaming store was comedic GOLD.

[@exmo7]

What if we are actually a simulation?

[@Deadjuice360]

Oh *shit.*

[@sup2069]

If that proved true, I can see it all now: "You don't understand officer, I didn't do it! I was commanded to!"

[@omega999yt9]

We are in the matrix

[@essscott1661]

Shut up Elon

[@nosuchthing8]

To what end. Our lives are too boring.

[@Draginvry2]

"Hundreds of hours playing the game every week." Once again, The Onion walks the thin line between satire and truth.

[@IQuick143cz]

Hundreds of hours every week. But a week has only 168 hours. Almost missed that one.

[@scrubby2]

that's 1.68 hundred of hours, more than 1.

[@IQuick143cz]

Still less that 2 hundreds altho more than 1 hundred.

[@Mike190]

oh man, I forgot about this video, six years old...geez

[@Digital111]

And this answer for a 2 weeks old comment in a 10 year old video is 4 months old.

[@BigFredMachine]

yeah man, and now it's 12!

[@BeverageOfSorts]

Oh geez, I forgot about this comment, nine years ago...man

[@marvellmarvell69]

I was daydreaming about what if there was a game like this earlier today, this can’t be a coincidence. Maybe I’m being controlled by someone right now...

[@mattrogers5188]

You're in my WOWOW game

[@jmilber]

Well that was incredibly depressing

[@KGBos]

+Jay Mil Why? Do you know someone who plays WoW?

[@joedav67]

+Leon Kuzmin taking out the first ? in your comment makes it really funny to me

[@NeutralMjolkHotel]

Can’t wait for World of World of Warcraft: Classic

[@LupisNero]

I have this game, and I can honestly say it is one of the best games I have ever played! I mean, how can I describe reliving the experiences through my in-game avatar on World of World of Warcraft?

[@supermonk3y07]

I think this starting to happen especially with GTA V. You can also watch your character watch tv, look at his smartphone, and also browse the internet.

[@DJ-ve6yf]

And inject five whole marijuanas while watching tv, looking at your smart phone and browsing the internet. I wish the effects would last longer in the game though.

[@EmperorsNewWardrobe]

Love the little touches, literally, like the finger in the ear

[@Synsane]

I love how the DEREK Comedy guy was in this one.

[@xeno_threat]

It's 2023. I hope they release World of WoW Classic Hardcore so that I can see my character's frustration when his character dies first hand and laugh at what a loser he is, immediately followed by hysterical crying of my own.

[@elsapomasguapo]

I can't stop watching these!

[@iaexo]

Love how it shows the post-its in game, then irl on the guy's monitor

[@Brokoro]

DUDE I LOVE THIS GAME!!! I've been waiting for this game for almost a year before it's release. It deserves game of the year!

[@smirage22]

Derrick comedy Kyle's is in this

[@kayned]

Just noticed lol

[@smirage22]

@@kayned no problem

[@GlueEatingChampion2002]

and that’s when the fun began

[@iczyg]

Over 11 years later, you can now actually play as Arthur Ford playing a character/avatar in VR.

[@jaykerouac2]

Wow, this is totally amazing. I never thought that I'd be able to actually play a character who's playing a video game.....and the graphics are awesome! What will they think of next?

[@beramtaib4713]

We not gonna talk how he has 1403 hours in and he’s still level 3

[@msthalamus2172]

This was a joke 13 years ago, but now you can totally do this with a combination of Minecraft and VirtualBox! :D

[@darrenholcomb42]

You know you're just a figment of your avatar's imagination right.

[@RchGrav]

An even better idea would be World of World of World of Warcraft... not only would it be totally meta, but it would also be pronounced exactly like the noise I make when I stub my toe... The main idea / plot of WoWoWoW could be that the character you play that is playing the character that's playing a character playing WoW is also a theoretical physicist that has dedicated his life to not only playing WoWoW but also proving that everything in the known universe is just a simulation.

[@smurfyday]

+RchGrav That was mentioned in the video. Duh.

[@adchrisrob]

That was mentioned in the video, duh.

[@hgpo27]

That was mentioned in the video, duh.

[@bensnow4046]

That was mentioned in the video, Duh

[@smurfyday]

That was mentioned in the video, Duh

[@FritzP71]

i love it! "the worst thing that can happen in the game is that your avatars internet connection goes down" thats REALLY realistic i think

[@MewmewMeower]

I actually was thinking of this exact same thing one day. Because there are actually games where within the game, you can bring your character to play other games (Certain video games that you walk your character up to arcade games and can play them). I was thinking wouldn't it be funny if within that arcade game, you could bring the arcade character to another little game and play it, and then inside that one, do the same thing, playing games within games within games within games :D

[@puffdaddy4537]

they predicted twitch

[@juliasmith5267]

Excellent video.

[@guilhermecastilho2726]

"im gonna press ALT+SHIFT+7 and thats gonna make my character starts scrolling though the terms of use agerrment and the end user licence agreeement... and its FUN" LOL

[@Box0rz]

Lol I remember watching this in 2008 and I believed it was real xD

[@clonetriplesix]

I miss these old videos so much. What happened??

[@AlexanderLeset]

Kyke Dierkes is from Derrick Comedy, wonder if I caught that when the video came out over a decade ago

[@Spandex08]

1:47 got me [With each keystroke you're just like .. "OMG it sounds exactly like - the keystrokes I know from my own personal experience of hitting keys..."]

[@Eldrazor]

I want this game! It sounds so extremely awesome!

[@nate.t1739]

This is the brilliance I've grown to expect from my news sources

[@bloodySunday77]

It's an old 2008 upgrade that never went past its beta stage, but Blizzard like they always do took their time in creating an even deeper virtual reality, and soon you will be able to play a character playing ANOTHER character that plays World of Warcraft, so it's one level deeper than this one. Plans also exist for a 3rd layer in 2020. They admitted they got this idea when they saw the "Inception" movie.

WoWoW sucks cause it's made for casuals! :p

[@relicgameing3]

GODDAMN BLIZZARD PANDERING TO THE CASUALS

[@meliathemuffin7416]

PANDAring i get the pun

[@DavidCrisci]

I got this game yesterday and it is AMAZING! It's like I'm really playing World of Warcraft.

[@danyelperao]

Best video of the day!

[@Demonsteel87]

The immersion in this game is amazing. My character got fired from minimum wage job as a bagger in WallMart and had to resort to petty crimes to pay for his three kids. Unfortunately my stats were too low so I failed one of the theft raids. Right now I'm just waiting for the yearly reset so that my character can go back to playing World of Warcraft, then I'll have to grind the reputation for my children to get custody back. I didn't know reputation with some NPC decays if you don't interact with them often enough, or else I would have spent some more time capping it out earlier. If I can give a recommendation to anyone else wanting to try this game out, it is to not go on the dating side quests as soon as they open up. That's a mistake I did, It's a lot easier to get your character to play world of warcraft in world of world of warcraft if you skip those side quests. You'll also have more gold overall in the game as you won't have to spend gold on feeding your girlfriend npc and children pets, which means you won't have to spend as much time on the repeatable work side quests. Wait to unlock those until you get to the end-game and have a lot more time for repeatable quests.

[@MarkShawakage]

People don't seem to understand that this is satire.

[@pocket83]

Of course it's satire. You can't actually control someone who is playing Warcraft! It's just an avatar. That's why they made the game. lol. People are so dense.

[@jochemlol]

pocket83 hint, there never was a game.

[@lauriecoulthard9777]

+pocket83 mate the onion is completely fake there's not even a game

[@BatDude27]

+Mark Shawa you realize what satire is for right? Its not meant to chalk up a few harmless laughs. Its a humorous criticism.

[@2muchwit]

@@essscott1661 Yes, but you still didnt ge the joke

[@grantwilson4506]

"Just like the simulations"

[@Steve-ol6ss]

12 years later and Minecraft actually let's you use a windows 95 PC in-game to play Doom

[@issstari954]

This could be a good ad on thanks for the inspiration

[@JeremyAverett]

I love that 1,780 people disliked this!!! Awwwwww.....

[@essscott1661]

Teringventje well, you’re nine.

[@sonofriggnarok9320]

"World of World of Warcraft!" LOL

[@cklee612]

The Onion predicted Metaverse ._.

[@TheMamaluigi300]

“Blizzard plans to film motion picture set in “World of World of Warcraft” World”

[@pwnzar121]

Why does he have a raid scheduled at 7 am?

[@Sindraug25]

Australian server?

[@Fred213jt]

if you want to play a video game where simulated people do the mundane things in their life then The Sims is for you ^_^

[@brucethedruid]

Friedchicken its a Sims wow mash-up.

[@marcellotorres2611]

World of simscraft

[@Deadjuice360]

I love the mods for this that allow you to play a Blood elf playing a Blood elf.

[@kourii]

Oh hey, one of the Derrickcomedy dudes

[@NYCentralSpotter1070]

I bought this game a couple years ago, and I have to tell you, that Adrian and I fell in love with the realism from session 1. I especially like when you are in the middle of a large raid, but you've drank so many cans of Pepsi Cola that your bladder is full. Thus, you have to get in and out of the bathroom as fast as possible while your teammates are killed and angrily yell at you through your headset. It's pretty intense shit. Most of the time it's easy to get back to the chair, but if you fail to flush the toilet, your mom might give you a lecture about proper bathroom etiquette, and will waste a large portion of your playing time and you don't really want that to happen, do ya? Also, power outages are the worst. When these happen, you have to complain to your mom and convince her to call the cable company to sort that shit out and get the electricity back online. But if you are really into this game, buy World of World of Warcraft: Fraternity Days. It adds a darker and edgier element to the game, letting you take greater control of your obsessive investment into World of Warcraft during early adulthood after an unsuccessful high school run. Introduced in this game are newer, and greater threats to your life, like roommates with poor hygiene, clingy girlfriends who won't go away, 10 page essays, and long, unnecessary Skype chats from his parents. Time management is key. Don't procrastinate too much, or you will be thrown out of college and back to the basement. Strained relationships, part-time jobs, sexual frustration, and student loans are the main conflicts, and these continue well past the end of the game.

[@adchrisrob]

B R A Z E N L Y

[@okrajoe]

Perfection! Inspired genius.

[@Neotropic2012]

That news ticker is killing me right now. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[@MrNull73]

YO DAWG I HERD U LIKE WOW SO WE PUT WOW IN YOUR WOW SO YOU CAN PLAY WOW WHILE YOU PLAY YOU PLAYING WOW

[@MrNull73]

I ALSO PUT DOGE IN YO WOW SO YOU CAN WOW WHILE YOU WOW WHILE YOU WOW

[@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2]

MrNull73 I CAN'T HANDLE IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!!

[@MrNull73]

I don't care if you can't handle it. I'm still gonna use the Wow effect SO YOU CAN WOW WHILE YOU WOW WHILE YOU WOW WHILE YOU WOW WHILE YOU WOW WHILE YOU WOW... 50 years later... WHILE YOU WOW WHILE YOU WOW WHILE YOU WOW.

[@MrBobogoa]

"I mean when your staring at the computer screen you actually belive that your in a dimly lit basement, staring at a computer screen' ROFL XD!!!

[@GuyFromCrowd]

I cant wait for release !

[@lowtech42]

Funny watching this age because on the one hand, The Onion predicts the metaverse, juxtaposed with a guy buying a PC game physically from a store lmao

[@o0blizZzard0o]

Still better than Diablo Immortal

[@Gidelim99]

And it became real... in 2017

[@iphone202020220]

You're wrong, This is a satire of people who play games and record videos. Like Pewdiepie. It's been going on for years lmao.

[@thegreatlordkaiser]

and here we are in late 2013 with garrisons planned for the game.

[@alishariff1914]

It goes on and on until you become a character yourself

[@MediaMontero]

Omg! This is priceless!!! 2:41

[@SA120416613]

This is a joke, right? Right?!

[@aaadad3644]

Cant wait for the sequel world of world of world of warcraft. Finally i could play as Dough, who controls Greg, who plays the video game!!

[@TheBfanboy]

The onion makes stuff up! I've been waiting four years to get this game

[@jojjepojje]

Its been 5 years... Still waiting for this game..

[@dennycrain8384]

Says you. I already preordered it and all of the expansion packs.

[@Shiestey]

I think about this video every time I play a game inside of a game lol. Like how in GTA you can play arcade games, it’s basically game-ception

[@itsicearmour]

When I was a kid I looked for this like a madman.

[@crassbast]

Brilliant!

[@jopeteus]

So it's like playing in 2nd person

[@RayPoreon]

>Forward bound to up arrow key

[@KingOfStaples]

When does this come out?

[@RomanesEuntDomus.]

This is what the metaverse is all about

[@maxmcconaughey1949]

I remember watching this years back and was my first Onion video, and I actually believed it :b

[@evan-animations2313]

10 years WOW

[@zorlac303]

2:30 THAT LOADING SCREEN LMAOOO

[@Derplox]

That shit is killing me LOL. HAhahahahaha

[@pyropogthe2nd286]

Sec

[@YautjaWarrior3]

We have to go deeper

[@alexandrebeaudry1038]

I can wait for player streaming online game of it.

[@HecularTheGreat]

“Hundreds of hours every week”

[@Skyrimlizard]

This is basically just all those idle games for mobile 😂

[@AnubisDark]

5 years and still so damn funny