Free Software Magazine: Ryzom: A Free MMORPG? | Linux Today

Free Software Magazine: Ryzom: A Free MMORPG?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 20, 2006

“MMORPGs, or Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games,
are fairly popular in the proprietary gaming world. Rather than
playing a game all by yourself on a computer in your own dark room,
you could be playing a game all by yourself on a computer in your
own dark room–but against thousands of other people who play the
same game on-line along with, or against, your character in the
game, adding an intriguing social edge to the genre. Unfortunately,
no such game currently exists in the free software world. Not yet,
anyway…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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