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MIT Builds World Of Warcraft Gaming Hut

web.media.mit.edu — Some gamers at MIT went and built a World of Warcraft 'pod' that contains everything a person would need to survive about three days while constantly playing WoW.

Who dugg this? Made popular May 12, 2009

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  • itsthemechanic, on 05/12/2009, -1/+117MOM!! BATHROOM!!
  • badenglishihave, on 05/12/2009, -3/+69If this isn't a sign of the end times, I don't know what is.
  • inactive, on 05/12/2009, -4/+54Otherwise nicknamed the "Loserbooth"
  • Narcism, on 05/12/2009, -4/+53How does the girl fit? Oh right..
  • ai52487963, on 05/12/2009, -1/+46I can just imagine shanty towns of those huts clustered in the future 'nerd-district's of cities.
  • reyoo30309, on 05/12/2009, -0/+35Not having a job leaves you with a lot of time on your hands.
  • badenglishihave, on 05/12/2009, -2/+37MORE HOT POCKETS!!
  • kilgore87, on 05/12/2009, -1/+29*blrtarghks*** Oh! Who's a big boy?
  • BingoPower, on 05/12/2009, -0/+21Glad to see the bright minds at MIT are using their finely-honed skills to advance the human race.

    Oh wait.
  • Greengoo, on 05/12/2009, -2/+21Where do I buy one?
  • inactive, on 05/12/2009, -0/+18Even the cops stay out of the Silverpine slum.
  • merreborn, on 05/12/2009, -1/+17Because a kid at MIT built a hut?
  • cnot3, on 05/12/2009, -0/+13I could see thousands upon thousands of these, row after row. It would be just like The Matrix, except there are no girls.
  • alyssariffic, on 05/12/2009, -0/+13But how will they shower? oh.. right.
  • reckage, on 05/12/2009, -1/+14FTA: "When the player resumes playing, he/she might just discover his/her character’s behavior is affected by the food consumed in real life — sluggish from overeating or alternately exuberant and energetic."

    Uhhh...no? This is dumb.
  • ChiffX, on 05/12/2009, -3/+16This is just depressing.
  • Meursault, on 05/12/2009, -0/+11Actually the pod seals shut and 10 hours of "intervention" videos play, including testimonials from worried friends and relatives.

    It's a trap, indeed.
  • mxxz, on 05/12/2009, -0/+11How do we kill that, which has no life?
  • DJJensaarai, on 05/12/2009, -0/+11Wow. I used to raid like this guy, but...this is taking it to an entirely new level. Too much...
  • diggduggDOOM, on 05/12/2009, -2/+12This reason? Exactly this reason? You stopped playing WoW because some people at MIT built a WoW pod?
  • rodon, on 05/12/2009, -0/+10This clearly defies the tenet of mankind: "Don't ***** where you eat"
  • Laughto, on 05/12/2009, -0/+8One day, all of humanity will crawl into booths just like that and slowly die.
  • Meursault, on 05/12/2009, -1/+8A chick built it. And from the bio pic* a hot chick.


    * artistic angle shot caveat.
  • ryansmith18, on 05/12/2009, -0/+6Know what? It's still just as interesting & funny as it was 5 weeks ago, so shut the ***** up with that attitude.
  • kylere, on 05/12/2009, -1/+7Writer of the article confuses "hard" as in challenging, with time consuming "hard" as in WoW
  • JackGrinnan, on 05/12/2009, -0/+6Hilarious and pathetic at the same time.
  • bobdigi, on 05/12/2009, -0/+6The Orc race =/
  • tomjowitt, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5Spending three days in a bar is called 'the weekend' over here.
  • lasidar, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5Lol at the WoW player missing the sex reference.
  • bigp3rm, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5FOR THE HORDE!
  • inactive, on 05/12/2009, -1/+6i was actually able to quite reasonably play world of warcraft before i got bored of it... i would play it an hour or 2 a night after going to the gym. to be honest it was not nearly as addictive as fallout 3 was.
  • MaxxusFlamus, on 05/12/2009, -2/+7wow...MIT has dropped several notches in my book for this.
  • Rudegar, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5http://www.se7en-x.com/yarhump/
    plenty of space in the tram ;)
  • apec766, on 05/12/2009, -1/+6...You kicked the habit 4 years ago?

    And called yourself a veteran?

    So... you played for a year, and are now a WoW veteran? No, sir, I don't think so.
  • jessetessej, on 05/12/2009, -1/+6The music in that video makes my ears bleed. Why the hell would they put that in there?
  • Narcism, on 05/12/2009, -2/+7I was insinuating there was no room for sexual relief from a female partner in this fortress of masturbation, but then recalled as it's not needed as we're dealing with WoW players, not frat boys.
  • Dotcommer, on 05/12/2009, -3/+7I don't know about this... being a veteran wow player (kicked the habit 4 years ago!), the setup in that booth looks really uncomfortable. I would expect a plushier chair, with the keyboard lower to the lap so your hands don't have to reach over, not to mention pads for the wrists to rest on. And the screen! Jesus, angling the screen away to the left?! No no no, thats all wrong. That will create cramps in the neck! It should be dead on, slightly above eye level and angled down a little.

    All these things I think should be added to it, to make it actually usable, and able to support a person for three days straight playing wow.
  • ClevelandBrown, on 05/12/2009, -14/+18This is exactly the reason why I don`t play WoW anymore.
  • JGang05, on 05/12/2009, -0/+4pwned
  • inactive, on 05/12/2009, -1/+5Seeing as how the game isn't even 5 years old, and you quit 4 years ago, I'd hardly call you a veteran. At least link your armory: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Win ...
  • hammelman, on 05/12/2009, -1/+5Disgusting.
  • chriscim, on 05/12/2009, -2/+5Wow. I am so glad I stopped playing this game. This is really kind of sad.
  • Chooxo, on 05/12/2009, -1/+4Eew, it has a toilet, so you can ***** where you eat.

    And there is no sink for handwashing. Not that it matters - the mere act of eating in the same room you just pooped in is off-putting enough.
  • Bethi, on 05/12/2009, -1/+4just because I haven't seen this said yet- people who do play WoW think this is just as retarded as the rest of you :P
  • 3tcp, on 05/12/2009, -0/+3Anyone who goes to an oxygen bar doesn't deserve to live so there's no point in mentioning one.
  • arplayer2k, on 05/12/2009, -0/+3MIT Built a NerdHut. How unproductive.
  • futimazar, on 05/12/2009, -0/+2I call pussy. Taking a few seconds to eat? A real gamer's shed will have an IV drip and a catheter tube and whatever the equivalent thing is that plugs into the other end.
  • verynegative, on 05/12/2009, -0/+3Fail.
  • DiggRage, on 05/12/2009, -0/+2A defibrillator too???
  • apec766, on 05/12/2009, -0/+3Buried for trying WAYYYYY too hard.
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