For current MMORPG Players: Participate in the current surveys.

For New Visitors: Check out The Daedalus Gateway for brief thematic primers to the data that has accumulated here over the past few years. Also look at the tag cloud to get a sense of what issues I have written about.

For Returning Visitors: The easiest way to scan through or find past articles of interest is through the "by Issue" or "by Category" listing pages. This link is also always available on the right-hand navigation bar.

For Students and Researchers: If you're looking for papers or articles in print you can cite, check out this index of peer-reviewed papers. If you would like some of this survey data to play with for a stats course, see this shared data set.

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Some game mechanics have changed a great deal in MMOs over the years. For example, death penalties have become much less severe. Or for example, very complete information databases on quests, mobs, and items are now available. In this article, we'll take a look at how game mechanics and tools around gaming might shape social interactions within the game.

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Many of the recent MMOs have followed on the mold of earlier games, but what do players want to see in MMOs? In this article, we'll look at data from an open-ended question asking players exactly that question.

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In a recent survey, I asked MMO players who were also parents about what they perceived to the risks and benefits associated with kids playing MMOs. Also included is advice from these gaming parents on how to think about and manage a kid's online gaming time.

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Do crafting and trading only appeal to a small portion of MMO players? In this article, we'll look at the importance of these economic components to players.

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What do players think about having pets? And do they care whether it's an animal pet, a mechanical pet, or a magical pet? In this article, we'll look at data exploring preferences for different aspects of pets in MMOs.

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In this issue of our slideshow series, we have an alien beauty pageant, a tower of reindeer, and a gang of Christmas gnomes among other player-submitted screenshots. If you have an interesting or fun screenshot from the MMO you play, please consider submitting it here at the last page of this article.

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Your feedback, questions or comments on any of the current articles or on the Daedalus Project in general are welcome. Also welcome are ideas for issues to explore in future surveys.

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