Role-playing games are becoming increasingly popular in this age due the assistance of the Internet. In these types of game a person can assume a character and give this character a personality, physical features and live through them. All though in past years pen and paper types have dominated the rpg world, now MUDs are making it possible to role-play along with thousands of others A MUD is a network-accessible, multi-participant virtual reality that is primarily text-based. (Bruckman, 1992). Although the term virtual reality often refers to a computer-simulated environment that contains varying degrees of audio/visual interface, this form of virtual reality is mainly text-based. Elizabeth Reid further explains by saying: Using a MUD does not require the paraphernalia commonly associated with virtual reality. There is no special hardware to sense the position and orientation of the users real-world body, and no special clothes allowing users to see the virtual world through goggles and though through data glovesInstead of using sophisticated tools to see, touch and hear the virtual environment, users of MUD systems are presented with textual descriptions of virtual locations. Technically, a MUD software program consists of a database of rooms, exits and other objects. The program accepts connections from users on a computer network, and provides each user with access to that databaseWithin each system users can interact with each other and with the virtual environment which the MUD presents to them (Reid, 1994). In 1978, Roy Trubshaw at the Universe of Essex in England created a program he called a multi-user Dungeon (Reid, 1994). This game was loosely based on an adventure game known as Dungeons and Dragons. Players of D&D compete with each other for points by going on quests and adventures wherein they find treasure or slay monsters. Each player begins with equal status but as the game progresses and they increase their...
