MMORPG's in the College Classroom

In April 2003, thirty-seven Halflings of mixed gender congregated in the basement of Savery Hall at the University of Washington. The first meeting of the Halfling Ethnographers Guild was in session. Known throughout the land for their good-natured hospitality, these hobbit-like creatures were well-suited to the task of collecting qualitative data about their fellow citizens in Norrath. There was just one problem: this group of eager social scientists had quite literally been “born yesterday.” Before they could undertake any sort of research, they would first have to learn how to talk, how to move, and how to avoid being killed by diseased rats.

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