WOW GOLD is derivative of some previous online role-playing games, especially EverQuest, which earned our PC Game of the Year Award in 1999. Looking back, one of the most obvious differences between the two games is that EverQuest appealed only to our PC-focused editors back in 1999, whereas WOW GOLD is a game that has tons of people at GameSpot--not just editors, but producers, developers, and others--happily and excitedly playing daily or weekly. This can be attributed to the particulars of the game's excellent design, but is essentially due to how good of a job WOW GOLD does at drawing players into its setting and gameplay, and then keeping them there by offering tons of content to explore and hidden depth to discover. But when having to choose the single greatest of all the year's games from among so many strong contenders, we did happen to note that one game, more than any other, had everyone hooked. And not just for a week or two, either. Some of us who've been playing WOW GOLD for months now are enjoying it just as much if not more today than ever.