Combining science fiction with fantasy can be peanut butter and chocolate or raw horseflesh ice cream. Fortunately, France-based Nevrax is closer to the former with its new entry into the MMORPG genre. The Saga of Ryzom is set on Atys, a strange living world now being repopulated by the refugees of four races who all but disappeared after a war with Kitins, an odd race of intelligent insect-like creatures. It's one of the more enticing persistent-world games to come out in some time, and it shouldn't be overlooked by anyone craving a MMORPG to sink their teeth into.