I've never played World of Warcraft, for example, but I have a lot of friends who do and who still do.

比如说，我从来不玩魔兽世界，但我有很多朋友玩，而且他们现在还在玩。

One such game, called World of Warcraft, is cited on many sites by posters complaining of a "gaming addiction".

在许多网站上，抱怨“游戏成瘾”的帖子引用了一个游戏，《魔兽世界》。

With 11 million active Warcraft subscribers out there, expect more records to be broken before the year is over.

因为有11万的活跃魔兽用户在那里，可以期待更多的记录在这一年结束之前可以被打破。

Spending 12 hours a day at a computer might be unhealthy, but for most of us – Warcraft players or not – this is how modern life works.

一天12小时地面对电脑可能不太健康，但是对于我们大多数人而言——不论是不是《魔兽世界》的玩家——现代生活就是这个样子。

One of my friends, a school drop-out and champion World of Warcraft player, was talent-spotted whilst playing by a Japanese technology firm.

我的好友之一，一个中途退学的《魔兽世界》冠军玩家，游戏期间他的天赋被一家日本技术公司发现。

Many magical items in World of Warcraft are soul bound, meaning that they are permanently bound to specific players and cannot be transferred to other players.

《魔兽世界》中的许多魔法物品装备都是有灵魂绑定的，也就是说它们永久地归属于某个特定玩家而不能转给其他玩家。

Levels (like World Of Warcraft).

级别(像军舰的世界)。

Welcome to the world of Warcraft ok?

欢迎加入魔兽世界，好吗？

Participate in a World of Warcraft raid.

参与一次魔兽世界的突袭行动。

You are still think at World of Warcraft.

你在《魔兽世界》里。

For some, it really is a war against Warcraft.

对一些人来说，这的确是场与魔兽的战斗。

'World of Warcraft' has been caught in the middle.

《磨兽世界》陷入进退两难的窘境。

Stone:... and on "Warcraft" we did a whole Warcraft theme.

斯通：……这集里我们做了魔兽世界的主题。

An interactive map of the fictional World of Warcraft.

一个关于Warcraft虚拟世界的交互式地图。

I was also playing Tower Defense mods in Warcraft III at the time.

我当时还在玩魔兽3的塔防地图。

World of warcraft, the most played game, actually gets more popular with age.

作为最热门游戏的魔兽世界，实际上在各个年龄段都很受欢迎，但最大玩家群的年龄段应该位于31 - 40之间。

It can be set up using the files that you get when you install World of Warcraft.

《魔兽世界》游戏用户在安装此款游戏时，可能会获得相关的文件，而这些文件就可以用来帮助模仿建立服务器环境。

Before we get to World of Warcraft though, let's pause to learn from Raph Koster.

在讨论魔兽世界之前，我们先来看看Raph Koster的言论。

She said: “He was addicted to World of Warcraft but played other games now and then.

她说：“他对魔兽世界非常上瘾，有时也玩别的游戏。

It could be a new title, a World of Warcraft expansion, or anything, for that matter.

就这一问题而言，它可能是一个新的游戏，可能是一个魔兽世界的衍生产品，或者也完全有可能是别的什么。

READERS of The Economist may not necessarily be familiar with the “World of Warcraft”.

《经济学家》的读者不一定熟悉"魔兽世界"。

Games like World of Warcraft might be set in fantasy lands, but they offer real benefits.

《魔兽世界》等游戏的背景也许只是虚幻的，但却确实能够为玩游戏的人带来实际的益处。

But World of Warcraft has attracted criticism over the years for its addictive qualities.

但是几年来，魔兽世界因其致瘾性而遭受批评。

Add-on Studio for World of Warcraft was developed in roughly two weeks by two developers.

魔兽世界插件开发工具是2个开发人员用了大概2个星期开发出来的。

Surely these are some very smart people, but it’s not exactly like playing World of Warcraft.

当然，观看这些视频的都是非常聪明的人，但这和玩魔兽世界不一样。

The title has been created by US developer Blizzard, the firm behind the popular game World of Warcraft.

游戏名由美国开发公司暴雪命名，暴雪也是广受好评的游戏魔兽世界的开发者。