The Toy Race Track and the Lego Blocks.
After reading this post by Keen I decided to make a response to the issue he has raised which I think is fairly interesting. I am going to tackle each subject on its own terms and then wrap them up at the end with any additional thoughts on either subject matter. The basic exercise is that you visualize a toy race track and lego blocks and then apply that imagery to the varying facets of an MMO game. Although I will try to refrain from mentioning any specific MMO and more so focus on the ideas.