I quit playing MMOs around two years ago and haven’t touched one since. I know what MMOs can do to you, so I’ve tried to avoid them. I’ve skipped several games that I had been following the development of, such as Warhammer, Darkfall and Age of Conan. As I like being in from the start the game I am looking at right now is Aion, due for release in western territories in September.

While it seems that piracy and issues of DRM management continue to grow with each passing year, the emerging trend of offering games for free could eventually become a way to ultimately eliminate both problems. With high profile developers like…