What Even Is a 'Role-Playing Game'?

<p>These days, just about every video game either claims to be an RPG or has "RPG elements." But what does that mean? What is a role-playing game, exactly? And what that signify in this day and age? From Baldur's Gate 3 to Disco Elysium, let's discuss!</p><p><strong>One More Thing:</strong></p><p><strong>Kirk: </strong>Planet of Lana (Xbox, PC)</p><p><strong>Maddy:</strong> They Cloned Tyrone (Netflix) (2023)</p><p><strong>Jason: </strong>Search Engine (with PJ Vogt)</p><p><strong>LINKS:</strong></p><p>Triple Click on Twitch: <a href="https://twitch.tv/tripleclickpod">https://twitch.tv/tripleclickpod</a> (Starcraft 2 Stream July 21 at 8PM Eastern)</p><p>Support Triple Click:<a href="http://maximumfun.org/join"> http://maximumfun.org/join</a></p><p>Buy Triple Click Merch: <a href="https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last">https://maxfunstore.com/search?q=triple+click&options%5Bprefix%5D=last</a></p><p>Join the Triple Click Discord: <a href="http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod">http://discord.gg/tripleclickpod</a></p><p>Triple Click Ethics Policy: <a href="https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/">https://maximumfun.org/triple-click-ethics-policy/</a></p>