from GeekChicDaily:
As anyone currently playing World Of Warcraft knows, the expansion World of Warcraft: Cataclysm goes on sale tonight at midnight. To say Cataclysm is so addictive that gamers will dream about it is an insult. That implies they might actually stop playing long enough to sleep.
For anyone who has strayed from WoW or is wondering if now is the right time to jump in, here’s what you need to know:
The Story — A particularly nasty dragon named Deathwing has escaped from the fiery depths to trash Azeroth, leaving a path of unprecedented destruction in his wake. Here’s the cinematic of Deathwing’s getaway. His voice sounds very raspy. Maybe he’d be in a better mood if someone just got him a people-flavored lozenge.
The Build-up — Over the past few weeks, everyone who plays WoW — regardless of whether they’ve bought Cataclysm — has watched their land get ravaged by Deathwing. That’s the new reality. If you ever played WoW in the past, every place you visited is pretty much gone now, never to return. Hope you took screenshots!
The Expansion — Even WoW players who don’t buy Cataclysm have this reshaped world to explore. Those who pop for the expansion can take full advantage of a host of new features. Most excitingly players can now become two new races: Goblins, and the werewolf-like strain of humans known as Worgen.
The Implications — They are far-ranging, but the most basic one is this: in the following weeks, WoW gamers will probably see very, very little sunlight.