Re: Ganking MMO*s
Depends on what you're looking for in the way of "immersion." If you want to be in a group of 40 people fighting a dragon and trying to keep track of where everybody is while they're yelling at you for being a dumbass on TeamSpeak ... well, I suppose that's ONE kind of immersion.
The other kind is exactly what you kind of rail against: Immersion that depends on your imagination to see the place, rather than having it slapped in front of you, big as life.
I don't think it's delusional at all to believe we could bring some numbers to text games. No, they won't be WoW numbers, but I do think we'll catch stragglers who become disillusioned with the pomp and shininess of MMOs and want to exercise their imaginations more than their mouse buttons.
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