David Harbour says World of Warcraft 'ruined my life'
Henry Cavill, star of The Witcher on Netflix, is beloved in our hearts as a unique blend of suave chat, Olympian physique, and true-blue PC gamer cred. During a Geeked Week livestream for another hit Netflix show, Stranger Things, we heard from the man who may well be the Anti-Henry: David Harbour, who regaled the audience with his own excellent but somewhat different experience with videogames.
Harbour's tale of woe begins around the 17-minute mark of the chat, when host Felicia Day mentions that she and Harbour had recently been talking about World of Warcraft. «Oh my god, the most embarrassing thing in my existence,» Harbour says.
«In 2005 I played the shit out of this game. It ruined my life for like a year. I mean, I was like out of my mind. I was wildly addicted to this videogame. I was a Night Elf warrior called Norad, and he was second tank of my whole guild.»
Day, no stranger to WoW herself, asked if Harbour was a raider, and he quickly confirmed that he was, while his co-star Winona Ryder stared at him silently, with an intent look of concern fixed on her face. Harbour then explained that while World of Warcraft ruined his life, it took another, very different game to make him realize it.
«It's so funny, because I also played The Sims. You ever play The Sims?» he went on. «You could be an actor on the Sims. You can progress in your career, but what you have to do is, like, work on things. You have to work on your speech and on your body, right?
»I remember my avatar got to a certain level in his career, and I kept trying to get him to work on his speech. He was like a supporting player, but I wanted him to work on his speech and his body, and all he wanted to do was sit around and play videogames. And then I
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