What about two-player Duck Hunt or Mario? Excite Bike? Bubble Bobble? These and many other games allowed people in the same room to play with and compete aga

What about two-player Duck Hunt or Mario? Excite Bike? Bubble Bobble? These and many other games allowed people in the same room to play with and compete against each other. I remember hours of fun doing that with my parents and friends. When it came to RPGs, we would take turns progressing in the same RPG; one of us might grind the levels up while the other slept. Tabletop games had this same feel. And on many levels -- just my opinion -- it is more fun to play with people I know than to play with a bunch of strangers, especially groups of people selfishly interested primarily in their own advancement in the game. This is one reason WoW bores me. The social arenas in online gaming are usually annoying, something to tolerate rather than enjoy.