New World: Amazon's foray into video games is an enjoyable anachronism

It might not break new ground but the online RPG is catnip for anyone who's been drawn in to an online multiplayer extravaganza I'm back in one of my happy places: loitering in an hours-long queue, twiddling my thumbs, waiting to log on to the overloaded servers of a massively multiplayer game. Soon enough I'll be back inside Amazon's latest video game, New World, where I'll be mining ore veins, skinning animal pelts and turning over 10 ghoul heads to a featureless character who promises a rewar...