Newsroom : Warcraft Sequel Lets You Play A Character Playing Warcraft

The Onion · 4.6M views · 2008-06-10 · 2:59

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Overview

An Onion News Network satire about a Warcraft sequel in which you play a character who is playing Warcraft, in a cramped dark apartment.

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Only used as a joke reference when threads feature recursive or nested games and simulations.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2018–2022

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Satire & parody Gaming culture & analysis Media, journalism & propaganda

What people said

halgir · 2022-07 · Joke / meme
Reminded me of an Onion skit which is apparently 14 years old now! Introducing World of World of Warcraft: [VIDEO]
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peterkelly · 2020-05 · Joke / meme
If they can get this running windows, we can have World of World of Warcraft, as promoted by The Onion: [VIDEO]
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colanderman · 2018-03 · Joke / meme
No doubt inspired by the amazing My Summer Car [1]. And presaged by the classic Onion videos "World of World of Warcraft" [2] and "Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3" [3]. [1] [LINK] [2] [VIDEO] [3] [LINK]
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