Massive multiplayer online role-playing games RECAP Armen Galstyan June 5, 2010 CS 575

About MMORPG Genre of computer role-playing games Large number of players interact with each another Played within a virtual game world The game world continues to exist and evolve even while the player is away from the game Commercial MMORPG title often exceeds $10 million to develop

Human Psyche – Sherry Turkle Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, MIT Assuming different personal identities in a MMORPG may be therapeutic Underage children present themselves as adult above the age of 18  adults having relationships with children posing as adults Changing attitudes about human life and concepts about what it means for something to be alive

Human Psyche – Nick Yee Research scientist at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California Surveyed 40,000 players Personal Spaces People are willing to do tedious, complex tasks within games Routine real-world responsibilities assigned to a custom online game