Tuesday, May 15, 2007
This is a screenshot of a scene in Runescape, which is a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG). The avatars seen in the picture are all controlled by humans behind computer screens. The interesting point is that these avatars are controlled by humans all over the world; however in the game, they all exist in a common world. The game actually simulates an environment, where all the players must familiarize themselves with. In the game, there is no such thing as nationality as everyone is in a common world, a common environment.
MMORPGs allow people to meet and interact with one another in the comfort of their homes. People of different nationalities that have the same interest in the game can befriend each other and form clans. Clans usually comprises of many members and there is no restriction on nationality. As we can see, MMORPGs can virtually erase national barriers.
; i'm lovin' it
