Meaning of MMORPGer | Babel Free

Definitions

One who plays MMORPGs.

Examples

“The author immersed herself in the game and the online gaming culture; in doing so she discovered who these MMORPGers really are, and in these pages she destroys many stereotypes about the gamers.”

“I also know⟳ hard-core MMORPGers who tell⟳ me, “Do not ever get⟳ into WoW. It’s why I don’t have⟳ a girlfriend— or a life.””

“To the MMORPGer, the single-player video game in which you blow⟳ up pixilated alien spacecraft is not only antiquated but dull as dishwater because you're all alone and nothing more than the muzzle of a laser gun. […] MMORPGers will play⟳ one of their games for years, without ever reaching an “end⟳” or “winning,” because it's about more than winning or reaching a high score⟳.”

“But as a scientist, who is also a parent, an avid television watcher, and an MMORPG-er, I cannot in good conscience issue⟳ an across-the-board dictum that children should avoid⟳ television and gaming altogether.”

“The first study⟳, by Metcalf and Pammer (2011), used a modified Stroop task to investigate⟳ the existence of attentional bias for gaming-related words in excessive Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Gamers (MMORPGers). […] Results showed that excessive MMORPGers had attentional bias toward negative and MMORPG words.”

“Regardless of how you do or don’t play⟳ games—whether you are an MMORPGer, a console gamer, a D&Der, a Settlers of Catan enthusiast, or someone who has never gamed before but who is perhaps curious about gaming or instructional design⟳—I hope⟳ that in reading this book you will find⟳ a lens that will be useful to you in your own⟳ life, whether for teaching, writing, learnining, training, game development, or simply the enjoyment of games.”

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