MMORPG's: True Reality? Yeah. Fake Reality? Yeah, that too

Religion is a system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic.
- Definition of Religion by Clifford Geertz

Introduction

There seems to be a progressive pattern of advancing size and complexity in the video gaming industry. The linear elements of play that governed the laws and environmental construct of Pac-Man and Donkey Kong have been replaced by the massive and complex metropolises of Grand Theft Auto's Liberty City and the various worlds of Everquest and Warcraft. Entire economies, societies, and cultures are created and sustained through the interaction of the 70 million or so users. Nowhere else is the sheer breadth and intricacy of contemporary videogames better......

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