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  2. Massively multiplayer online game - Wikipedia

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    Development. v. t. e. A massively multiplayer online game ( MMOG or more commonly MMO) is an online video game with a large number of players to interact in the same online game world. [1] MMOs usually feature a huge, persistent open world, although there are games that differ. These games can be found for most network-capable platforms ...

  3. Massively multiplayer online role-playing game - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. A massively multiplayer online role-playing game ( MMORPG) is a video game that combines aspects of a role-playing video game and a massively multiplayer online game . As in role-playing games (RPGs), the player assumes the role of a character (often in a fantasy world or science-fiction world) and takes control over many of that ...

  4. Glossary of video game terms - Wikipedia

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    MMO See massively multiplayer online game. MMORPG See massively multiplayer online role-playing game. MMR See matchmaking. mob An in-game enemy that roams a specific area. Abbreviation of "mobile", it was first used in text-based online games in reference to non-player characters. MOBA See multiplayer online battle arena. mod

  5. Redefining MMOs: Pesky Persistence - AOL

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    Here in Redefining MMOs we've been over terminology, working with lore, the place of soloing in our online games, players acting as developers, and attempting to get away from the carbon copy feel ...

  6. History of massively multiplayer online games - Wikipedia

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    TRPGs. v. t. e. The history of massively multiplayer online games spans over thirty years and hundreds of massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) titles. The origin and influence on MMO games stems from MUDs, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) and earlier social games.

  7. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.

  8. Online text-based role-playing game - Wikipedia

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    An online text-based role playing game is a role-playing game played online using a solely text-based interface. Online text-based role playing games date to 1978, with the creation of MUD1, which began the MUD heritage that culminates in today's MMORPGs. Some online-text based role playing games are video games, but some are organized and ...

  9. Games as a service - Wikipedia

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    Lists. v. t. e. In the video game industry, games as a service ( GaaS) (also referred to as a live service game) represents providing video games or game content on a continuing revenue model, similar to software as a service. Games as a service are ways to monetize video games either after their initial sale, or to support a free-to-play model.