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Newsroom : Warcraft Sequel Lets You Play A Character Playing Warcraft

4.6M views · Jun 10, 2008 · 2:59 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2018–2022

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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JokecolandermanMar 2018
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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] this video [3] link

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JokepeterkellyMay 2020

“we can have World of World of Warcraft, as promoted by The Onion”

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If they can get this running windows, we can have World of World of Warcraft, as promoted by The Onion: this video

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JokehalgirJul 2022

“Introducing World of World of Warcraft”

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Reminded me of an Onion skit which is apparently 14 years old now! Introducing World of World of Warcraft: this video

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