I don’t play a lot of massively multiplayer on-line role-playing games (MMORPGs). I get too involved, and I develop this “oh, yeah?” mentality that sees me spending every available moment on-line to make my character as powerful as possible. I played a lot of MUDs when I was younger, which just about derailed my college career, but since then I’ve mostly managed to avoid on-line games. However, recently a MMORPG named RYL: Path of the Emperor landed on my desk, and I agreed to take a look. “RYL” stands for “Risk Your Life,” but there isn’t much risk of anything -- except that you might fall asleep while playing the game and hit your head on your keyboard -- and I got so bored with the game that I stopped playing it after a few days.