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Post by dude163 on Mar 4, 2008 19:28:24 GMT -4
the father of D&D  |
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Post by Kevin on Mar 4, 2008 20:27:08 GMT -4
Sad day when one of the guys who inspired a hobby that I love passes away... RIP
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Mike844
Casual Magic Player
Opinionated Casual Gamer
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Post by Mike844 on Mar 23, 2008 21:39:45 GMT -4
www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/arts/05gygax.html?_r=3&ref=arts&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=sloginThese days, pen-and-paper role-playing games have largely been supplanted by online computer games. Dungeons & Dragons itself has been translated into electronic games, including Dungeons & Dragons Online. Mr. Gygax recognized the shift, but he never fully approved. To him, all of the graphics of a computer dulled what he considered one of the major human faculties: the imagination.
“There is no intimacy; it’s not live,” he said of online games. “It’s being translated through a computer, and your imagination is not there the same way it is when you’re actually together with a group of people. It reminds me of one time where I saw some children talking about whether they liked radio or television, and I asked one little boy why he preferred radio, and he said, ‘Because the pictures are so much better.’ ”
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Post by john on Mar 24, 2008 11:40:45 GMT -4
I'd have to agree with Gygax on this one. A table top game with a small group of players is so much more fulfilling that nay computer game can ever be.
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Post by Kevin on Mar 24, 2008 12:14:14 GMT -4
would explain why over time my "hobby time" has moved more and more away from videogames, and towards the more social role-playing games / board games
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Post by dude163 on Mar 24, 2008 20:18:53 GMT -4
I agree
I still play a lot of games of all types, but Ive really got back into the WW2 wargames like Squad leader and the euro games with my family ( carcassonne etc)
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