Having recently ended our fourth unit of Internet Culture on Gaming and Virtual Worlds, I thought it would be imperative to discuss some of my prior experience with online gaming, including some of the sites that i use to keep up with information on MMORPG and other games that i enjoy playing.
First I wanted to start by explaining what an MMORPG is to those of you who have not been reading this blog. An MMORPG is a massively multiplayer online role playing game, its a game where thousands of users all pretended to be some type of character in a virtual world can interact and play with one another in real time through the internet. I know what your thinking, “wow why on ear would anyone ever want to do that?.. when they could just go outside and enjoy the real world!” My answer to this question as a kid was, the real world is boring. This was because in the real world i was limited, i could only stray so far from the watchful eye of my parents. It was for my safety, yes, however when kids are growing up they seek new environment and experience in order to learn. Thus i began to manifest myself in online gaming as “blinddagger” in the online game Runescape online. A link to runescapes official site can be found here at Runescape.com .Inearly 2004 runescape was still in its classic version meaning that it was a 3d game taht used 2d sprites made using the JAVA program made by Sun Microsystems. Runescape was a fantasy world in which you palyed as either a knight a mage an archer, or even all three. You fought monsters such as goblins, dragons and evil dwarves for items and gold to one day obtain the strongest armor in the game, Rune. While i enjoyed Runescape for its subtleties one day i found that i had been playing for too long and needed a new experience so left it behind.
One i entered highschool i began to use an MMORPG news site to keep me more informed at the games i loved. Massively.com established in November 2007 is a collection of experts in the filed of MMORPG and PC Gaming News coverage. They provide links to updates that games all around the world provide as well as share interesting stories submitted by players worldwide about there experiences in MMORPGs.