The most popular of these games has become commonly known by the acronym WOW, but is actually called World of Warcraft. […] And it isn't just youth who are playing the game, "I'd say about 50% of players on WOW are over the age of 25," claims Xander Bahl, a sophomore at ORHS. 2008 December 9, Max Snelling, “Addicts Anonymous”, in Mouth of the River, page 19:
In this excerpt, Weibin in turn #3 suggested another idea of using the dinosaur as a “mount”, a common item in popular online games, such as MapleStory and WOW. 2014, Beaumie Kim, Lynde Tan, Seng Chee Tan, “‘Perhaps This Can Be For Education’: […]”, in Michael Orey, Stephanie A. Jones, Robert Maribe Branch, editors, Educational Media and Technology Yearbook, volume 38, Cham: Springer, →ISBN, part I (Trends and Issues in Learning, Design, and Technology), page 36:
What with growing buzz on what is suddenly a real challenger to World of Warcraft throne as Star Wars: The Old Republic rumbles into view, I’d also be surprised if the goliath Acti-Bliz corporation don’t rattle sabres back at EA with, at the very least, the name of the MMO that Blizzard are developing alongside WOW. 2009 February, “Meet the team”, in PC Zone, number 203, page 47:
An interesting example is World of Warcraft (WOW), a fantasy, role-playing game in which players adopt characters and try to work their way from level 1 to level 80 by fighting with other players and acquiring weapons and magical artefacts. 2008, Julie Cameron, Tony Flowers, Margaret Hart, Mark Peace, Neil Renton, Duncan Watts, Michael Wright, AQA Sociology A2, Nelson Thornes, →ISBN, page 143:
The good news is, in dating, as in WOW, you will always resurrect from a bad encounter, with only a little bit of invisible armor damage and no reason not to try again. 2013, Eric Smith, The Geek’s Guide to Dating, Philadelphia, Pa.: Quirk Books, →ISBN, page 0041:
Though WOW has yet to flinch from the upcoming third-generation MMOs, Crusade – which will be done when it’s done – should further swell its chest. 2006 July, “WOW: The Burning Crusade”, in Edge, number 164, page 53: