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E D I T O R I A L S
03.18.03
Role-Playing Sub-Genres
by Joseph Witham
"In 1986, Japanese developer Enix unleashed Dragon Quest on the world. It was an RPG, no doubt, it followed the same experience-gaining, dragons-slaying, dungeon-crawling action that all games who called themselves RPGs followed. Despite all this, we began immediately to see the evolution of Japanese console RPGs as a sub-genre."
Psychology of a traditional RPGamer versus an 'MMO-RPGamer'
by Doug Hill
"Another part of playing MMORPGs is being able to feel like you actually earned something. Any prestige that you have, or any part that you play, even minor, to the storyline, is not something that was meant to be. It happened because you were in the right place at the right time and you delivered. Things that happen in these games are not scripted."
On the Monetary Problems Inherent to MMORPGs and a Potential Solution
by Gabriel Putnam
"They’re the newest fad of the industry and the prize which many fledgling companies have pinned their hopes for success upon. The temptation to most of us is obvious, a persistent game whose players keep forking over their cash, years after its purchase. To developers and investors of any size, this looks like a godsend on the surface. It represents income of 2-3 times greater magnitude than a single player venture..."
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