The next step for game players will be to merge elements of role-playing games with action.
Paper Mario, a role-playing game that puts players through lighthearted adventures, is one example Ekberg cites.
It was kind of a role-playing recovery game, for me and my friends and family.
The unreal world of Internet role-playing games is spawning tricky legal issues in the real world.
Participants spend their days in role-playing exercises, reading case studies and hashing out financial calculations.
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The action, role-playing title, gorgeously rendered in 3-D, has players fighting it out, medieval style.
Livingstone and his school friend Steve Jackson enjoyed playing board games, especially role-playing games.
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They started to write role-playing books and eventually discovered the American game Dungeons and Dragons.
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Defense attorneys have argued that their client's conduct was "pure fiction, " "make believe" and fantasy role-playing.
The close association of computers with role-playing and fantasy gaming is a manifestation of such retrieval.
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) like World of Warcraft made gaming in chat rooms seem antiquated.
Both titles face challenges from MMORPGs (massively multiplayer online role-playing games) Guild Wars 2 and Elder Scrolls Online.
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This Thursday night in Indianapolis, fans of role-playing and war games will gather for the annual GenCon convention.
There are science fiction role-playing games, fantasy role-playing games, and even some that transport us to more mundane worlds.
Specifically from the famed massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMO), World of Warcraft.
The story seems to be about role-playing in general, with an actor standing in for the entire human family.
The British novelist teams up with Quest in a central London park for a touch of secret agent 'role-playing'.
The prosecution contends Fuhrman, who was working as a consultant on McKinny's fictional project, was role-playing on the tapes.
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The potential to get lost in a vast role-playing-world also exists, as do many other potential real-life great escapes.
With the advent of computer games, the way people look at role-playing games is different than it was in 1980.
Wharton dropped its enjoyable role-playing format in order to cram in more serious lectures, reflecting the gravity of the times.
"It's a weird blend of a first-person shooter, but has the (role-playing game) depth in story and narrative, " Smith said.
It is a hand-held version of the more elaborate role-playing games that keep youngsters glued to TV and computer monitors.
Even World of Warcraft, the legendary multiplayer online role-playing game, is more about collaborating with others than completing the game.
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These are role-playing games that grew out of Dungeons and Dragons, an old text-based cult game that started in the 1960s.
Unlike the company's traditional successes, the Tamagotchi is not a role-playing character but a gadget you could hang on a keyring.
If you know an up-and-coming star who makes board games, role-playing games, or card games, I want to hear about them.
However, American gamers do play fantasy-based role-playing games, and they have also read many books, seen many movies related to this genre.
After FFVII hit it big, the market was flooded with role-playing games.
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