Filed under: Features, PC, Retro, RPGs, MMO Greetings, readers, 'n welcome t' Joystiq's new weekly column on western role-playing games! RPGs be usually me favorite games, 'n they have been for years. Beyond that, they be among the most popular 'n interesting games a any era. it be true for every generation a gaming, from Wizardry through Dungeon Master, Ultima, Fallout, Morrowind, 'n Dragon Age. No other genre has been so consistently important through every era a home video gaming.

But unlike adventure games or flight simulators, which have been driven into tiny niches, RPGs be still prominent. Skyrim, World a Warcraft, 'n Mass Effect be among the most important games a this generation, which be not t' mention cult hits like The Witcher or Torchlight.