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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 4747667" data-attributes="member: 59082"><p>Yes, although I think AI would be the death of what tabletop RPGs are really about, which is <em>imagination.</em></p><p></p><p>Computer Games = simulation</p><p>Tabletop RPGs = imagination</p><p></p><p>From one perspective they are close kin; from another they are opposites, even antithetical.</p><p></p><p>I see the long-term survival of tabletop RPGs either occuring through an almost kitsch effect where they are co-opted into a larger/newer structure (like 70s funk in rap music), and/or through and increased embrace, development and exploration of the imagination itself, which may occur as a kind of backlash against the prevalence of simulative technologies. Not unlike the "back to the land" movement which was a reaction to industrial civilization. So with a cybernetic/simulative/data-stream civilization you might have a "back to the imagination" movement. But even in the business world "right-brained thinking" is becoming more en vogue; a lot of businesses are looking more for creative thinkers than simple number crunchers. If right-brained thinking becomes more valued by society especially at the corporate level, we might see a trickle down into education where imaginative development--and not simply data analysis and processing--is valued and encouraged. If this occurs then imagination-based activities like tabletop RPGs could receive a renewed spike in interest. But we shall see.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 4747667, member: 59082"] Yes, although I think AI would be the death of what tabletop RPGs are really about, which is [I]imagination.[/I] Computer Games = simulation Tabletop RPGs = imagination From one perspective they are close kin; from another they are opposites, even antithetical. I see the long-term survival of tabletop RPGs either occuring through an almost kitsch effect where they are co-opted into a larger/newer structure (like 70s funk in rap music), and/or through and increased embrace, development and exploration of the imagination itself, which may occur as a kind of backlash against the prevalence of simulative technologies. Not unlike the "back to the land" movement which was a reaction to industrial civilization. So with a cybernetic/simulative/data-stream civilization you might have a "back to the imagination" movement. But even in the business world "right-brained thinking" is becoming more en vogue; a lot of businesses are looking more for creative thinkers than simple number crunchers. If right-brained thinking becomes more valued by society especially at the corporate level, we might see a trickle down into education where imaginative development--and not simply data analysis and processing--is valued and encouraged. If this occurs then imagination-based activities like tabletop RPGs could receive a renewed spike in interest. But we shall see. [/QUOTE]
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