RuneScape Breaking News

By Owen de Gwarr

Despite categorical denials, rumours amongst the blogging community are suggesting that it’s only a matter of time before RuneScape reaches seventh generation gaming consoles such as Wii, Xbox360 and PlayStation 3.

For the less initiated, RuneScape is a Java-based game which has taken the internet by storm with millions of players interacting with each other online. It takes place in the fantasy-themed realm of Gielinor where players travel between different kingdoms either on foot or via teleportation.

You can engage monsters and even fellow players in combat but you must also trade, communicate and cooperate to complete mini challenges. How very civilised.

A recent study at Brunel University has suggested that playing RuneScape can be beneficial in teaching teenagers to work hard to achieve goals. Call me old fashioned, but I think my paper round did more for me than any virtual sword fight.

So the word on the street (albeit a virtual street) is that RuneScape will soon be invading living rooms all over the globe. To be honest it all looks a bit like virtual Dungeons and Dragons to me but more than five million people each month can’t be wrong. Can they?

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