Whoops, accidentally posted as AC.

Well, there is at least one person (clearly). But there needs to be a market, and I think this thread contains plenty of reasons why that market is very small.

This could be a pretty good theory. I own one. To be more precise, I have owned 3 of them (2 sent back for warranty due to hardware failure).

It's wonderful when it works.

Now I'm left wondering if I should keep it as a collector's item instead of playing it (and then have it fail on me).

Just like Google Fi and Google Music (family plan), gapps accounts can't use it.

It seemed like such a good idea back then.

I played Gumball quite a bit during grade school. Loderunner I played to death on the original mac, didn't care as much for the Apple II version.

But seriously if Slashdot starts doing clickbait garbage headlines like this, I'll probably be done. And I've been here for a very long time.

All this efficient check in and automated testing, just so they can send spam to every email they get their hands on.

My employer specifically marks linked in spam as "NOT SPAM". So custom filters it is.

One of my biggest music needs is constant volume. This is how I keep the sounds of other conversations blocked out. Quiet or slow moments let other words in, and frustrate me. My go-to's are trance, video game music, thrash metal (ok, yes, I'm old) and (gulp) power metal. If there are lyrics in power metal they're nearly guaranteed to be either vapid or indecipherable. Either works, as they are not distracting.

If I'm at home, I can switch to something relaxing.

"It is nearly impossible to solo after probably level 25."

This is horribly, blatantly false in the case of WoW. Any class, with no help with gear whatsoever, can solo their way to 70. Gear makes a huge difference in PvP and raiding, but not for leveling. You just might go somewhat slower. You can't do all the quests, but there are way more quests than you need to level. You don't need gear for soloing, period. The most famous speed leveler in the world does so with nothing but gear found along the way.

That said:

"Point is, if you only have about an hour or two a week to play, forget MMORPGs. Play single player games like NWN2 or some such."

I totally agree with that. I think the whole point of an MMORPG is to play with others, and that just gets frustrating if you don't have the time to invest in the kind of guild social network that makes it worthwhile.