A fascinating peek into the minds of some of the people behind the biggest games in the genre out there. Some of the respondents simply used it as an opportunity to pitch their game (sadly), but some of them actually spoke at length about the issue and addressed it head on.

What I find really interesting is the sharp contrast in views between Josh Drescher and Jeffrey Steele in the current state of the genre. They both see MMO's in the same state, but Mr. Drescher dismisses that state as "Massively Single Player", and even goes so far as to say that all those other people out there playing around us are just window dressing, and could just as easily be NPC's.. where as Mr. Steele recognizes that it's become like the old school arcades -- where you want to only play with one or two people, but you want to do so in a room full of other people.

Obviously, I resonate more with Mr. Steele's view of the state of the genre, and honestly find Mr. Drescher's a bit dismaying, considering the sway he has over the kinds of games I love to play.

Dlangar
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