Two things that have stemmed from my excessive playing of MMO games: I have completely changed my outlook on the relevant genres in the industry (I used to be a major FPS whore, and now I'm not (He's lying! -Mo)) and I am now sort of semi-convinced of the imminent renaissance of PC gaming. Which could be prevented by the big boys decide to spend truckloads of money on stopping the real progress in our industry for their personal gains, which is also a likely scenario. But let's not get into that.

Getting back to the subject at hand, I'm a huge fan of MMO games. I spend countless hours in the various fantasy worlds (OK, who am I kidding, one more than others), but I do have a (let's call it a working) knowledge of other worlds too. Really. I do. Anyway, Turbine Games used to be and still is one of the major players in the genre. The guys behind the fan favorite, Asheron's Call are currently working on a several MMOG projects, one of which is Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach. A couple of weeks ago I was accepted into the closed beta test, and since then, I've had ample opportunity to quest and annoy people with stupid questions in the city of Stormreach (He's not lying about that -Mo).