Jeff Strain from developer Arena Net tells us exactly what's wrong with the MMORPG - and how Guild Wars puts it right

When we sat down to watch a presentation of Guild Wars last week we were prepared for the worst. As much as we love a good bit of concentrated PC MMORPG dedication, sitting listening to some guy droning on about hit points, mage's magic levels, armour values and the splash damage of a fireball can freeze our note-taking hand like a +10 paralysis spell.