What is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game?

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Kids and adults everywhere are logging on to virtual worlds, assuming alternate identities and fighting the forces of evil (sometimes good) in massively multiplayer online role playing games (MMORPGs). But MMORPGs are so much more than that. They are also social games, where players meet up with others and sometimes join clans and guilds to finish quests. They are often a world of magic and mystery to explore as well as an entire culture of its own. This book looks at the history of MMORPGs and the makings of a virtual world.

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