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05-08-2003, 01:13 PM
Post originally by Mad Ed at 2003-05-08 12:13:31
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I also was on the "RPGs are an expensive hobby" camp, but after reading this article, I changed my mind:
http://www.criticalmiss.com/issue4/probrole1.html
(WARNING: Critical Miss isn't a politically correct site, so consider yourself warned. It's also one of the funniest RPG ezines I've ever read :)
If you think about it, what's expensive in roleplaying is your initial investment. Shure, those corebooks cost a lot, but after buying then, each one of them offers an almost infinite number of potential hours of fun. Compared to movies, music or even videogames, RPGs have a pretty good hours of enjoyment/fun ratio.
"Gaming isn't art"
Well, as much as I hate to agree with Juhana, it CAN be art. It doesn't have to, and a gamer trying to create art via roleplaying isn't superior to one just trying to have a good time, but there are some products out there that clearly have taken roleplaying beyond the "hobby" label (Nobilis 2nd ed. comes to mind).
Mad Ed
Converted from Phorums BB System
I also was on the "RPGs are an expensive hobby" camp, but after reading this article, I changed my mind:
http://www.criticalmiss.com/issue4/probrole1.html
(WARNING: Critical Miss isn't a politically correct site, so consider yourself warned. It's also one of the funniest RPG ezines I've ever read :)
If you think about it, what's expensive in roleplaying is your initial investment. Shure, those corebooks cost a lot, but after buying then, each one of them offers an almost infinite number of potential hours of fun. Compared to movies, music or even videogames, RPGs have a pretty good hours of enjoyment/fun ratio.
"Gaming isn't art"
Well, as much as I hate to agree with Juhana, it CAN be art. It doesn't have to, and a gamer trying to create art via roleplaying isn't superior to one just trying to have a good time, but there are some products out there that clearly have taken roleplaying beyond the "hobby" label (Nobilis 2nd ed. comes to mind).
Mad Ed