Interesting link (and thread) from Slashdot about the concept of adding permanent death to multiplayer online games like Everquest and World of Warcraft. Since my MMORG interest is near-zero, I really don't have a dog in this fight, but I will say that I'd be marginally more likely to play a MMORG if it had well-engineered permadeath.

Particularly if that MMORG was City of Heroes.