    5 game franchises that deserve the MMO treatment
[Continued] Page 2  5) Borderlands  Me and my old roommate once
shared an apartment in South Central Los Angeles, more commonly
known as "the Ghetto." Given our financial situation, we
couldn't afford many luxuries, so though we were both huge fans
of Borderlands, trying to play co-op on our cramped standard
definition television was not the multiplayer experience of a
lifetime.  Now obviously Borderlands is made more enjoyable when
one can buddy up with friends online, though even with
Borderlands 2 on the way, the number of co-op players is capped
at 4. As much fun as this is, populating the world of Pandora
with other teams of battle-hardened warriors would be awesome,
especially given the game's already thrilling arena combat. The
game already has most of the elements of an MMO to begin with:
helpful NPCs doling out various quests, monstrous bosses waiting
for the right raiding party to take them down. It seems that the
only barrier is the technology,