Didn't someone say "Hell is other people?" Oh well.

Savanja examines the importance of a community to online games in this interesting feature.

During the ebbs of gaming, community is what keeps people from dropping ship and moving on to something more exciting. Community is what keeps people in games that have long since lost their flavor. Games that are nearly archaic in comparison to what is available now; Ultima Online, EverQuest I, and Asheron's Call, to name a few. These are games that have continued on in the wake of the more exciting and graphically more advanced games.

Read more at Ten Ton Hammer's EQ2 Site.