Run/escape (Runescape)

Member Name: whitestarr

Product:	Runescape
Date:	30/11/07 (121 review reads)
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Advantages: Free version available, Member subscription not too expensive

Disadvantages: Like all online games, it wastes time. It can be entertainment, but it can also be a headache.

Here's a quick fact. Did you know that Runescape can be written as Run-escape? Is it a coincidence? I doubt it. As an popular free mmorpg, one of the main attractions of this game is that you can build (and train) your own persona and interact with other real players in a virtual environment. Although there are many complaints from players about poor graphics, the 3D environment is still real enough (for me, personally) to believe that I am IN the virtual world. (And believe me, I'm stuck in there so deep that I don't hear the telephone ring, I don't here someone knocking on the door, and I don't hear my family calling for me - my mind's just concentrated on the game.) So perhaps the creators of this game didn't name "Runescape" on a whim afterall, since we are always "running" to "escape" something, and many who seek to escape the harsh realities of the real world end up in a black hole called Runescape. Or perhaps they really were thinking about "runes" and not the mentality of the average runescape player.

Summary: If you are playing Runescape for the sake of an adventure, then LIVE LIFE adventurously too.