When you hear the term 'RPG,' what are the first few thoughts that cross your mind? What about the genre, as a whole, are the most compelling reasons why it is such a popular gaming categorization? It's a big question, to be sure. Role-playing gaming is so massively diverse and encompasses so many calibers of games and virtual experiences that it's nigh impossible to fairly state what aspects make it the titan of the industry that it is today without leaving something out that one game may have, but another does not - it boils down to preference.