When most of us think of social media, we generally think of web applications like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter or our favourite list of blogs and forums. What many people don’t realise is that there is a huge and unappreciated realm of social interactions lurking underneath the rock stars of the social media world, namely online games.

Oh come on, online games? Seriously?

Believe it or not, there are millions of people around the world who dedicate hours of their lives to online games every day. There are actually quite a wide range of online games available, with millions of gamers dedicated to their individual genres. However, when it comes to pure numbers and time played per player, the big momma of online gaming is most definitely MMORPG and the host of game titles dedicated to it.

MMORPG…say what?