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    Newsroom : Warcraft Sequel Lets You Play A Character Playing Warcraft

    The Onion

    3 HN mentions · mentioned in 3 months, 2018–2022

    YouTube

    2:59 · 4.6M views · Jun 10, 2008

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

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

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    3 comments from Hacker News

    1. @colandermanMar 2018· in “'PC Building Simulator' Is More Fun Than Building a Real Computer”

      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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    2. @halgirJul 2022· in “Doom hacker gets Doom running in Doom”

      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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    3. @peterkellyMay 2020· in “Show HN: Virtual Reality DOS”

      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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