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WoW, at the beginning, could easily be a 'pick up and play' game. but after you hit around level 40ish the grind to level 60 sucks up your time, and when you start nearing level 60 then its the quest for uber equipment. and just when the current level 60s were starting to think they had it all, they just raised the level cap and introduced new instanced dungeons and loot.

if someone only spent a couple of hours every night playing a video game then it wouldnt be a problem, but it is impossible to play an MMORPG for just a couple of hours every night. so either youre downplaying it by saying 'a couple of hours' or you have some ungodly willpower.

either way, ill be staying away from em :) i get my gaming fix from something like BF2, and its easy enough to put down after an hour or two.

There are more MMORPGs than World of Warcraft.  And not all of them use the same philosophy.

I play City of Heroes/City of Villains.  A few hours and then signing off, or even an hour or so over lunch, or taking days (or weeks, in my case) off is no problem at all.  CoX's philosophy isn't a rush to the endgame because that's where all the cool stuff is but making the journey to the highest levels (because there isn't very much as cool stuff in reaching the highest levels, just access to more archetypes so you can start the journey over again).