<s>
GameStorm	B-Application
was	O
an	O
online	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
service	O
founded	O
by	O
Kesmai	B-Application
corporation	I-Application
in	O
November	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
offered	O
several	O
online	B-Application
video	I-Application
games	I-Application
at	O
a	O
flat	O
monthly	O
fee	O
of	O
$10	O
per	O
month	O
,	O
a	O
relatively	O
radical	O
payment	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
age	O
of	O
pay-by-hour	O
online	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Kesmai	B-Application
and	O
GameStorm	B-Application
were	O
sold	O
to	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameStorm	B-Application
featured	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
Kesmai	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Air	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
,	O
Multiplayer	B-Application
Battletech	I-Application
:	I-Application
Solaris	I-Application
,	O
Stellar	O
Emperor	O
and	O
Legends	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Kesmai	I-Protocol
,	O
along	O
with	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
several	O
other	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legends	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Kesmai	I-Protocol
was	O
the	O
2d	O
graphical	O
version	O
of	O
Kesmai	B-Application
's	O
groundbreaking	O
Islands	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Kesmai	I-Protocol
MUD	B-Application
from	O
1985	O
,	O
and	O
may	O
be	O
regarded	O
as	O
an	O
important	O
step	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
leap	O
from	O
MUDs	B-Application
to	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameStorm	B-Application
's	O
payment	O
method	O
was	O
massively	O
popular	O
for	O
the	O
emerging	O
persistent	O
online	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
genres	O
that	O
rewarded	O
players	O
for	O
time	O
invested	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
too	O
expensive	O
for	O
many	O
people	O
to	O
pay	O
$	O
2/hour	O
for	O
on	O
AOL	O
or	O
other	O
gaming	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mythic	O
Entertainment	O
(	O
Now	O
EA-Mythic	O
)	O
,	O
widely	O
known	O
for	O
the	O
Dark	B-Protocol
Age	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Camelot	I-Protocol
MMORPG	B-Protocol
,	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
Gamestorms	B-Application
major	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mythic	O
offered	O
several	O
licensed	O
RPG	O
and	O
persistent	O
non-RPG	O
games	O
to	O
Gamestorm	B-Application
's	O
library	O
,	O
including	O
Dragon	B-Protocol
's	I-Protocol
Gate	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starship	O
Troopers	O
Online	O
,	O
Magestorm	B-Application
,	O
Aliens	B-Application
Online	I-Application
,	O
Splatterball	O
,	O
Godzilla	O
Online	O
,	O
Silent	O
Death	O
Online	O
,	O
Darkness	O
Falls	O
,	O
and	O
Darkness	O
Falls	O
:	O
The	O
Crusade	O
.	O
</s>
