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“Ever, Jane” promises dancing and backbiting

Ever, Jane is a new type of MMO: there are no dungeons, swords, guns or spells. Instead, it is set in the polite society of Regency England. Your goals are to advance your status by attending balls, making matches, and vicious gossiping.

Even though I’m not a fan of Austen’s work (I appreciate it — it’s just not for me), I’ve often wondered how one would build a computer game with a non-combat conflict resolution mechanic. Tabletop RPGs have a whole indie niche dedicated to this (and there’s always freeforms), but this would be my first encounter with a computer game that attempted this.

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Shadowrun Online

It seems that the MMO hunt won’t just end. I just got word of Shadowrun Online. It’s based on a successful pen-and-paper RPG of the same name. From their Kickstarter pitch, it seems that the SRO will be a turn-based, fully 3D browser/tablet game.

I still have doubts about browser-based MMOs, but if they’re pitching it at tablet gamers as well, that kind of makes sense, and I can see myself playing on my iPad. In fact, that would be so Shadowrun. I’ve pledged some money just to see what it looks like.