Yup, World of Warcraft has been an amazing success: a massively multiplayer game that is easy to learn, addictive, and requires months of overuse to master to reach the highest levels to then join guilds to cruise around in packs with other like-minded WoWers.

But we also liked the ethos of zines, and were also very zinelike in tone — our first few issues were all pretty much written by the two of us, and consisted of rants and opinion pieces and reviews.

The editor agreed to keep a lid on a potentially disastrous political scoop in exchange for an exclusive of a happier nature.

Then I found Trent University. Having heard rumours that it was the gayest school in Canada, I burned with a newfound resolve – the conviction that this was the time and place where I would finally grow to be more than a straight young white guy. Finally I would go beyond the existence of a one-dimensional character in a pre-1960's middle class novel about the racial majority. Introductory Seminar Week: my body is ready. This is it. This is when everyone lets loose. I can't let this opportunity slip away… […]