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I always see people debating over terms for different RPG games, but I've devised a foolproof way to make sense of it. Once and for all, here's the new official RPG terminology:

• Western style RPGs were originally created for computers, so we should call them computer role playing games, or CRPG
• Japanese style RPGs were originally created for consoles, so naturally we should call them console role playing games, or CRPG
• Chinese style RPGs are developed in Chinese-speaking places, so we can differentiate them by calling them Chinese role playing games, or CRPG

• Analog RPGs that you play with dice and paper are developed to be played on a surface, so we can differentiate them by calling them countertop role playing games, or

• Massively multiplayer online RPGs, played with thousands of other players on the same server, are defined by their networked nature, so we could call them connected RPGs

This too, is a form of carcinization.

ah, a crab rpg

This post was like a completely benign mind virus in that as soon as I read it I, too, began to say this every time I saw two guys in any context whatsoever, but never have I done it more than when I have to fight two enemies at once in a souls game.