Zookeeper, those monkeys are killing each other!

A gamer told us about a relatively new MMO the other day called Zu Online. Currently in open beta, this gamer (we call her 'female-girl-gamer-lady-woman') said she had recently quit WoW because it was taking up too much of her life. Her boyfriend was getting angry, her child would go missing for hours and come back with geological samples for some reason, and even her co-workers started commenting on how she had become "Much more axe-wielding than usual."

To make a long story short (too late), she found Zu and thought it was great. Sort of a pre-Burning Crusade version of WoW, Zu is based on a Chinese fantasy novel. Though developed by an Asian company (pagoda Asian, not mosque-Asian), it's offered by IGG, an American company. We haven't played it yet, but from what we've seen, it looks pretty good. We just wanted to let you know about it case, you know, World of Warcraft is taking over your life.