Wired's new article about massively multiplayer games, "Next-Gen Multiplayer Worlds Are Built to Snare Nongamers", features Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa as its main lead-in.

In most MMOs, simply getting from point A to point B in a virtual world can be a tedious and time-consuming experience. Tabula Rasa incorporates an "instant travel" feature that does away with such lag time, making short play sessions a possibility.