Of course it is. Roleplaying isn’t just about “playing a role”. Think about traditional roleplaying. What do you do in it? You build a story with the people you are with including the game master through making choices and doing things. In a traditional roleplaying game that’s easier because a game master can easily…

I think the problem here is that the writer is a complete idiot. He clearly has no idea what an RPG is, and his argument for what makes and RPG and what doesn’t isn’t based on anything remotely related to what an RPG actually is. An RPG isn’t the system, an RPG is the game itself. An RPG is a game which allows players…