World of Warcraft Plague discussed on NPR
NPR's All Things Considered has a nice 3 minute piece on WOW's plague. Researches from Tuft's University are interested in studying the effects of the plague on WOW's players asa parrallel to how people in the world might react to an epidemic.
It's pretty neat the NPR covered this and they also go into the notion of "play" as a part of many people's daily ritual. Score one for gamers and game researchers everywhere!