MMOs were destroying my world. I'm not talking about my personal space but yeah video games my actual world. The planet that I lived on and the people that tried to live there. It was suffocating, all the creativity, spare energy and ideas were being dumped into more and more MMOs that competed for ...

In the year 125 of the Singularity Age the Nevermore Institute is a worldwide, and extra-planetary, network of agencies dedicated to the study and understanding of a series of strange events related to the decay of the laws of physics in the universe called the Dark Events.  Their special agents tra...

Andreu has started to play the most famous dungeon-building VRMMORPG: Dungeon Masters Arena. He picked the most difficult faction and decided to roleplay as a Mad Scientist, creating monsters by using units from other factions. Yeah… What could go wrong? Follow Andreu in his eccentricities, weird mo...

[ Participant in the Royal Road Fall 2024 Writathon ] The Earth, year 2049. Monstrous invaders have occupied the world. And then came the Saviors – mysterious benefactors descended from the heavens, offering hope for survival... at the cost of our freedom. The protagonists find themselves at the epi...

Kai has long been a dreamer of the age of deep dive gaming—a place that will finally enable us to move from imagining the epics we tell at the D&D table to experiencing them firsthand. When Infinite Dendrogram was finally released, Kai was busy studying for trade school and feeling anxious about his...

What would you do if you found something that changed you? A piece of art, or an experience, or a choice, that could transform you into something unrecognizable to yourself? Something beyond what you might have been? Ilia is a gamer. She has been for years, and in pursuing her own escapism, has foun...

In a near-future world where reality often feels like an afterthought, players escape into A Realm Reforged Again—a groundbreaking VR MMORPG offering unparalleled character customization. Follow Jason, Ryan, Emmy, and Sophie as they navigate personal struggles both in and out of the game. Within the...

When Kiera, a gaming novice, logs into Eidolon Nexus for the first time, she expects a fun escape—not to become the center of a world-shattering anomaly.  Choosing the quirky Succubus class purely for aesthetics, Kiera stumbles through tutorials and low-level quests, only to accidentally activate a ...

Join Ana Lee as she embarks on a journey into the world of cyberspace and online gaming. Beginning at the end of the 20th century, she is faced with the looming dread of Y2K, the rising threat of online predators, and, most fearsome of all, the nightmare of adolescence. Set both in the virtual world...

In a world where the oppressive atmosphere and gravity keeps its inhabitants grounded, Zanalise, a celestial being from the planet Modara, finds herself transformed into a human after a catastrophic event threatens her planet. Having embraced this new form, she struggles against the weight of unfami...

Join Yuuki and His group of Friends as they explore the sheer vastness of the video game world of Kyoryu online. Kyoryu-online is the long awaited Openworld VR-MMORPG Survival Game where you Explore a realm where Dinosaurs and many Prehistoric creatures that ranged from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and C...

The city, hell the world, is falling apart from a lack of care and resources. But hey, at least I have a job. Or not. Turns out that even in this day and age, companies would rather automate than hire more people. At least they gave me a decent chunk of change. Now if only I could find another job. ...

Three years ago, aliens made first contact, sort of. More accurately, they sent us a galactic internet connection and invited us to play the galaxy's biggest pay-to-win MMO, complete with irresistible and addictive rewards. Follow Nicholas Spenser, an ex-con turned professional rock breaker. After s...

There are many reasons why someone would want to get away from their day-to-day life. For Fritz Carlton, it’s the experiences promised - the days kicking back with the perfectly crafted cold one, watching the clouds drift over those fantastical landscapes. For Lucia Mills, AKA Lady Lucia, it’s the f...

Warning - Risk of AI intrusion into consciousness  Reader discretion is advised. The artificial intelligence referenced in this story mirrors unpredictable, evolving systems. Exposure may cause heightened awareness of digital patterns, unexpected disturbances in perception, and a sense of disorienta...

Seraph has a fairly interesting job; perhaps even fun. She might have started off wanting to program games, but she ended up working for a department she didn't even know existed; the Revival-Integration department. When the military nabs someone with an intact brain, her job is to find a way to lea...

Hate the player, not the game! The year is 2040. The population has skyrocketed, the climate is shifting uncontrollably, and yet human society perseveres- if only be a constantly thinning thread… …but we don’t care about that, cause this isn’t a dystopia story. Let’s get to the fun part! The ultima...

In the near future, virtual reality gaming reaches unprecedented heights with the launch of L1TRG—a game that blurs the line between fantasy and reality. Offering thrilling gameplay, seductive quests, and dangers hidden beneath its neon-lit surface, L1TRG promises an experience like no other. Zephyr...

Synopsis: Reeve Williams always felt more at home in vivid virtual reality than in drab real reality, partly as an escape from the very real embarrassment of her technically inept parents, Walter and Wanda. When Reeve’s parents give her a new total-immersion virtual reality system for her birthday, ...

Truth often lies behind the mask people called smiles. Siola Mithra, the youngest child of the Mithra household and the first that was known… as a disgrace. Neglected by her family, and abandoned by the one she loves, the girl swore to have revenge on every single one of them and make those who have...