Virtual Worlds #8: Looking Back, Looking Forward

The eighth installment to Yahoo! Games' Virtual Worlds feature takes a closer look at the MMORPGs that made headlines in 2005 and which ones might steal them in 2006. A snip about Dungeons & Dragons Online:
Based on the much-loved pencil and paper RPG, but with appropriate changes to make the ruleset more suitable for MMO conventions, Stormwind focuses on gaining experience from completing quests, and not killing monsters. So many MMO players cut their role-playing teeth on D&D sessions that this one is going to win nostalgia points from the get-go.