I’ve already made this change to my site categories but just want to formalize it. After years of deliberation, I’ve changed the title of my current work focus, which was previously Life as an MMORPG, and have now committed to the title of Life as a Role-Playing Game.
While the old title was more appropriate because some of the metaphors I am using relate to MMORPGs, such as zones and expansions (representing stages of development and plateaus of the mind respectively). The new title is more accessible because it clearly indicates what it’s about (i.e. role-playing) rather than being an abbreviation (i.e. MMORPG) which everyone might not know what it means.
Even more so, even if most people aren’t familiar with what a role-playing game is, they may have heard of the word role-playing because it’s actually used in organizational development as well. Thus they might hear the term within their work environment or within a workshop related to their work.
Update: Made an additional minor change making it Life Is a Role-Playing Game. See reasoning here.
Additionally, role-playing in team workshops facilitates experiential learning, enabling participants to apply new skills in a realistic context, thereby ensuring a more profound and enduring comprehension of key concepts.
Tahmina Aziz