I have just paid up for a subscrition to EVE Online. It is truly amazing. If you loved playing Elite back in days of the BBC Micro when vector graphic were the bomb, then you'll definitely love this. It builds on the same principle as Elite and takes it to a multiplayer online environment where the record so far is around 30,000 simultaneous online players.

Anything is possible. You can do almost anything you want in this environment. If you want to be a trader, miner, manufacturer, hold a position in a corporation or even be a pirate, you can. The choice is yours and you are not limited to one role.