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Warcraft Movie Actor: "I Credit World of Warcraft With Saving My Life"
Pretty interesting story, people walking up to him and hitting him in the head!
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/warcraft-movie-actor-i-credit-world-of-warcraft-wi/1100-6434332/
One of the actors in the upcoming Warcraft movie is a seriously big-time fan of World of Warcraft. Robert Kazinsky appeared on Conan O'Brien's late night show this week and talked about how Blizzard Entertainment's PC MMO saved his life.
He explains that after the success of his BBC show EastEnders, he had trouble dealing with the fame. He turned into something of an agoraphobe to avoid people, which ultimately brought him to World of Warcraft.
Kazinsky says once he got hooked, he played the game 18 hours a day, ordering Chinese food constantly and putting out cigarettes in days-old Coke cans. He gained an estimated 50 pounds.
"This game suddenly became my life," he said. "This game would slowly give me rewards and it allowed me to talk to people and make friends who were judging me anonymously. So I was able to forge new relationships that didn't come with any preconceptions."