Definitions for "tale in the desert"
a crafting/trading based game
a fair example of a small company, eGenisis, publishing a game online and finding revenue in the monthly subscriptions to their world
a historical MMORPG game, in which players band together to build Egypt from scratch
an MMO that many developers of MMOs have praised
a successful MMO that contains no war
a potentially groundbreaking persistent state online world
a unique persistent state world
a great example with their player voting system, but that is a system which WOULD NOT WORK in a large, paid MMOG
a competition of creation, accomplishment and community effort
a (baby) first step towards something like that
a good step in the right direction