I'm going to do a series of gaming ideas to liven up some old genre's with new ideas. First up is RPGs.

Nostalgic for the days of pencil and paper RPGs? Miss the companionship of other obsessive nerds? Ready for the next evolution in electronic gaming?

Presenting:

Little Castle on the Borderlands

Featuring:

Role Playing

Slow Leveling

English Accents

AI 'players'

At the beginning of the game a party of virtual dorks will be created to 'role play' the other members of your party. These deep and dedicated AI companions will do all that your remember from your pen and pencils days, other than smell bad. They will:

· Argue with you about your character's actions

· Overact their characters' dialog

· Take hourly smoke breaks (NOTE: this is a functionality of the Xbox 360 hardware)

· Ask to share your pizza

· Inexplicably not show up at game time

· Have annoying laughs and make creepy misogynistic/homophobic jokes

This game uses a system based on 2nd edition AD&D so not only will you have access to weapon proficiencies and be able to cast spells once per day, you'll be using a massive amount of charts, matrices and treasure tables. And don't forget the DM! A virtual DM will keep all the players in line, staying just this side of a nervous breakdown while shepherding the players through the adventure.

So if you're ready for THACO, armor class and psionics, take a trip back to the 80's with

Little Castle on the Borderlands!