So you’ve heard of text based MMORPGs, only you want to find out more. Continue reading to discover the history, attraction and how text based RPGs continue to rule and have evolved over the years.

Before computers could comfortably handle rich graphics, text based web games were being played on college LANs over extremely slow dial-up connections. Usually known as MUDs (multi-user dungeons), many of these text-based MMORPGs have been altered to run online via a MUD client, or most recently, a modern web browser.

Most text-based rpg games have little or no graphics. Similar to the old school Dungeons & Dragons game, they rely on random statistics, numbers and words. With low graphics, the game will not be hindered by a slow web connection, and they can handle huge numbers of concurrent users, often known as MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game). Unlike graphical games, text-based rpg games can be played on PCs with much lower system requirements, enabling them to be enjoyed on pretty much any PC connected to the Internet. Gamers are now playing them on handheld gadgets and mobile phones.

Every text-based rpg game worth its salt must have the ability to create a virtual character, increase their status, equipment, weaponary, trade items etc, and complete tasks in the game. With so much competition, players expectations are generally higher and building a successful text based web game involves time, effort and constant feature updates. The best text browser games are addictive and keep players loyal for months, and sometimes, years.

Facebook saw the attraction in text based MMORPGs and has recently launched Farmville, Mafia Wars and Frontierville, produced by Zynga. Although Zynga’s games are more graphical than traditional text-based MMORPGs, under the bonnet, they are really no different to most other text based browser games.

Take a look at Torn, Mafia Wars, Frontierville or many others, if you fancy giving text-based rpg games a try.

Liposuction FAQ: How to Choose a Doctor

As physicians and surgeons, Final Inches - the laser liposuction specialists main obligation is to candidly direct, educate, advise and protect our patients. The Final Inches staff has spent many years perfecting their perception and have formed a philosophy on what represents a effective prospect for laser liposuction. Honestly, the procedure is much more than sucking out or melting as much fat as achievable. Despite what someone may want, this approach will usually lead to a bad result.

One of the most crucial points is the importance of preferring the expert judgment of a physician over the machine. A lifeless machine is only a pencil in the artist’s hands. Despite intriguing technology and competitive marketing hoopla, a machine will not guarantee a flawless result. A concerning trend over the last few years with the launching of some fascinating new technology is the inclination of the patient to ask for particular machine instead of spending time to find the right surgeon.

Right now in the U.S., liposuction is still the most popular cosmetic surgery. It also has one of the highest revision rates (approaching 1/4 in some studies). It is much more tricky than many patients realize to always get a gratifying outcome. It’s exceedingly important to get it right the first time. Every aspect of this process from first communication with the patient, to complete evaluation, to skillful technique should be targeted toward this goal. If a person isn’t a good candidate then the doctor may have no role in their betterment and need to honestly tell them they aren’t a good candidate for lipo.

With Final Inches liposuction surgery, as with any medical procedure, a exceptional result starts out with a complete and truthful evaluation as to who is a good candidate. Basically, liposuction is all about targeting areas of genetic disproportion and balancing your body shape. It has little to do with being obese, underweight or in the mean. It’s honestly about focusing on problem zones that can’t be conquered with diet or exercise. This is the main reason why it’s so important to be fully evaluated by a member of the staff with a artistic eye and experience to evaluate where you are out of proportion, if at all.

Science fiction fans have long been waiting for someone, anyone, to bring one of their favorite characters to the big screen. Now it looks like they are getting their wish in spades. That means it’s happening more than once. The character: John Carter. The setting: Mars. John Carter of Mars is coming to the big (and little) screen. Several companies are involved in making that happen.

According to this collection of John Carter of Mars articles, a small production company has already filmed a 90-minute movie titled “A Princess of Mars” that is scheduled for a December 2009 direct-to-DvD release. Starring Traci Lords as the Martian princess Dejah Thoris, this low-budget flick promises to take a first stab at capitalizing on the character’s popularity.

Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote A Princess of Mars in four installments for a pulp magazine in 1912 when he needed to make some money. He stumbled onto one of the most prolific writing careers in history and soon afterward he would create the most famous pulp character: Tarzan. But it was John Carter of Mars, the action-adventure hero from A Princess of Mars, that actually set Burroughs’ career into motion.

John Carter of Mars movie blogs are springing up all around the Web as excited fans realize their life-long dream of seeing ERB’s swashbuckling space-spanning hero coming to the big screen. You can even stay on top of the latest John Carter of Mars news in science fiction and fantasy forums.

The Disney/Pixar film is a big budget production scheduled for release in 2012. Filming starts in Utah in November, where state officials welcomed the selection of their landscapes by estimating several hundred local film industry jobs would be created.