A) Buyatari, I thoroughly enjoyed your concise definition.

B) Daria - Excellent article! Just about this entire thread, especially your original post, read like a thorough, intelligent academic discussion. I like it.

C) Not to nitpick, but in the original post you mention that Dragon Warrior was the first console RPG. I'd have thought there were many RPG-type games much earlier than Dragon Warrior. One in particular is Temple of Apshai. I don't remember the details of the game, so maybe it should be excluded, but I'd have thought it, or something like it. would have qualified.