I have lived many lives in video games and saved countless worlds. Of the hundreds of characters I have become, none has felt closer to my heart than Ptolemy, the gnome mage I played for years in World of Warcraft, the game that transformed my unhappy teenage years into an epic voyage of magic, empowerment and friendship. Though today’s games are more compelling and artful, no other game has consumed me so completely since I left the land of Azeroth 12 years ago.
我在电子游戏中活过很多次,拯救过无数个世界。在我扮演过的数百个角色中,没有一个比托勒密(Ptolemy)更贴近我的心。托勒密是我在《魔兽世界》(World Of Warcraft)中玩了多年的侏儒法师,这款游戏把我不快乐的少年时代变成了一段充满魔力、力量和友谊的史诗般的旅程。尽管今天的游戏更吸引人,也更巧妙,但自从我12年前离开艾泽拉斯大陆后,没有任何一款游戏能够如此彻底地让我投入。