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Kaiser, Rowan (21 September 2012). "What makes a classic RPG? Everything!". Joystiq.
Thiboust, Jordane (24 January 2013). "Focusing Creativity: RPG Genres". Gamasutra.
Donlan, Chris (August 27, 2010). "The Friday Game: EpicWin and Godville". Features. Edge Online. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012.
Madsen, Hayes (March 1, 2023). "Yoshi-P Is Right: It's Time to Retire "JRPG"". Inverse.
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Kane, Alex James (September 8, 2023). "From Elder Scrolls to Starfield: How Bethesda Defined the Role-Playing Game". IGN.
Hutchinson, Rachael; Pelletier-Gagnon, Jérémie, eds. (2022). Japanese Role-Playing Games: Genre, Representation, and Liminality in the JRPG. Lexington Books. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-1-7936-4355-1.
Adams, Ernest (2014). Fundamentals of Role-Playing Game Design. New Riders. ISBN 978-0-13-381213-8. OCLC 967703981.
Pepe, Felipe, ed. (September 2019). The CRPG Book: A Guide to Computer Role-Playing Games. Bitmap Books. ISBN 978-1-9993533-0-8. Archived from the original on January 3, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2020.

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Should we separate "Computer role-playing video game" from this page[edit]

I've started seeing the term CRPG used more and more to describe types of RPGs that are based on old RPGs that were released exclusively on computers and follow a certain play style that are only playable on PC with a keyboard and mouse. I've seen CRPG used in many videos and articles online. Considering some subgenres of RPGs have their own pages, should we also have one for CRPG? Wanted to hear everyone's thoughts on this. Suriwashi (talk) 11:02, 16 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Rôle-playing video game" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Rôle-playing video game and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 July 25#Rôle-playing video game until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. CLYDE FRANKLIN 23:02, 25 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Should there be any mention of the literary genre LitRPG that has been inspired by this game genre?[edit]

I know LitRPG is not itself a game genre, but it is directly related to RPG games in drawing directly on their format for inspiration and the genre's name. 2605:59C8:8:A400:6192:1B7:DB8F:6260 (talk) 14:03, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@ 2A02:1810:2E01:3200:5407:104E:54F6:FB09 (talk) 17:15, 31 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]