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ROLE-PLAYING IN MMOs

WHY I LOVE WHAT MAKES GAMES SPECIAL

My heart will always return to the MMORPG for one simple reason: they’re perfect games for role-playing, and they’ve stayed that way for years.

When the first MMOs were hitting the market, their large, shared worlds primarily existed to take advantage of a novelty: internet chat rooms. Those huge grinds and mandatory group activities were built to bring gamers into contact with one another. Entertainment wasn’t the

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