Wonderland directs readers to a debate taking place over at MMORPG.com on whether or not established properties are good fits to be turned into MMORPGs. Jon Wood and Dana Massey find themselves on opposite sides of the fence on the issue. Wood maintains that using existing franchises leads to disappointment when the game ultimately doesn't live up to player expectation. Massey defends using existing IPs because the worlds we're escaping to via MMOs are worlds we may have already escaped into via film (Star Wars) or literature (Lord of the Rings). I'm siding with Massey, despite Wood being right in saying that gamers will often be let down when their favorite world becomes an MMO reality. Even if they were going to be butchered, I'd still love to see The Wheel of Time series become a solid MMO.

Debate: Should Major IPs (Intellectual Properties) Be Made Into MMORPGs? [MMORPG.com]
Take One IP: Should You or Should You Not Turn it into a MMOG? [Wonderland]

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