It's been over a year since I logged into World of Warcraft. Perhaps 2 years since I played EQ2. But lately, I've felt the urge to pick up an MMO again.

Sorry, but Angry Birds just does not cut it. I mean, don't get me wrong. Angry Birds is fun. Challenging. I've spent a fair chunk of time stuck on a couple of levels, and I've barely made a dent in the game.

And there are a couple of other casual games I play regularly. Echo Bazaar, of course -- I am a loyal fan.

But I miss MMOs. I miss stabbing things (virtually). I miss healing (virtually). I miss yelling in vent (really). I miss "epic." I miss gaming.

I supposed I could pick up WoW again, but I left the game with such a bitter taste in my mouth. I'd rather play EQ2, a game for which I have fonder memories, but where are my disks? What's my password? And oh yeah, I'm on a Mac.

On a Mac, my choices are WoW, Second Life, City of Heroes, or EVE Online. Blah. And so maybe I'm not so enthusiastic for an MMO after all.

And perhaps it's best I stick with the casual gaming. My MMO days veered awfully close to "hardcore raider," and I just don't have time right now to devote to that world.

("To that insanity," I almost typed, although at this stage, I think my memories of playing MMOs have melded with episodes from The Guild. "Screenshot or it didn't happen," folks say. And I can't seem to find the folder where I stored all those memories. So I don't know where the time went and which dragons I killed. And honestly, I can't go back to that.)