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Post originally by Sergio Mascarenhas at 2001-04-09 05:13:20
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Pornography is a wise choice since like RPGs it: interests mostly young, usually hunder 30s, ,males; it is not very respected outside of its customer base; and it usually has gorgeous art.

Some other choices:
- Wargames, of course (which sadly lack gorgeous art).
- The software industry (which has gorgeous art in links to RPGs and pornography).
- Sport articles (which may have gorgeous art).

Sérgio

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Post originally by K. at 2001-04-09 12:31:36
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Sergio Mascarenhas wrote:
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Pornography is a wise choice since like RPGs it: interests mostly young, usually hunder 30s, ,males; it is not very respected outside of its customer base; and it usually has gorgeous art.

But there is *much* more money in the porn industry than RPGs...we're talking billions of dollars here.

K.

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Post originally by hermetic at 2001-04-09 13:14:27
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I would speculate that the reason probably has to do with a larger number of people in our current media saturated, individual focused, commercialized, mass market economy enjoying their dose of imaginative content prepackaged, assembled, and ready to just take in and enjoy. I contras this to gaming where one has to more actively engage in imagining, in a shared social context which allows for even greater shared imagining.

I am interested to see the comparison, which I think is quite accurate in some ways.

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Post originally by ferguson at 2001-04-25 09:28:33
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> [On why porn is better selling than gaming material.]
> I would speculate that the reason probably has to do with a larger
> number of people in our current media saturated, individual
> focused, commercialized, mass market economy enjoying their dose of
> imaginative content prepackaged, assembled, and ready to just take
> in and enjoy. I contras this to gaming where one has to more
> actively engage in imagining, in a shared social context which
> allows for even greater shared imagining.

Yes, that and that it has sex in it...

I think, Hermetic, that you are drastically underestimating the marketting power of naked women, in the above equation.

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Post originally by C> at 2001-05-08 12:59:11
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yes because a fine naked women can sell anything than a gnarly looking dude. Besides-"we like naked people!"