“It was 2012 and my second time to be invited to the United Methodist Church’s annual Lighten The Burden conference. It was the Q&A portion and I thought my presentation was well received.
“The moment when I realized virtual interaction could be more than simply fun and games happened around 15 years ago, during what some long-time players ofWorld of Warcraftmight remember as theCorrupted Blood Incident–where intrepid adventurers coming back from an excursion into an unexplored jungle with their animal companions ended up unleashing a lethal pandemic into the virtual world.”