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MMORPGs - Societies or Games?

Posted by simoniker on from the or-gaming-societies? dept.

Talrias writes "The Community Manager of Codemasters' forthcoming PC MMORPG, Dragon Empires, has written an article over at Stratics about whether MMORPGs are designed as societies or as games, and uses the examples of the two big MMORPGs, Ultima Online (which he claims 'embodied this society design philosophy' when it launched) and EverQuest (which, it's suggested, 'most embodies the game design approach')."

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  1. It depends by pmz · · Score: 3, Interesting


    If you enjoy it, it is a game.

    If you are addicted to it, it is a society.

    --
    Healthcare article at Kuro5hin