KaosDevice
Explorer
It seems to me that as long as I've been playing silly role play games (and that has been a loooooong while) every few years there is a predicition of the demise of TSR in particular (in all its various incarnations) and the role play game industry in general (from forces inside and out). Is this sort of doomsaying typical or atypical for our hobby would you say? For basis of historical perspective:
The 1980's
Why TSR was going to fail: Buying movie licenses, over extending, bad ediorial choices due to fear of external forces.
Why the game industry was going to fail: The Christian right was going to shut it down in a tide of media frenzy.
Just for basis of comparison. This seems to be something of a cycle I've noticed over the years.
My $.02
The 1980's
Why TSR was going to fail: Buying movie licenses, over extending, bad ediorial choices due to fear of external forces.
Why the game industry was going to fail: The Christian right was going to shut it down in a tide of media frenzy.
Just for basis of comparison. This seems to be something of a cycle I've noticed over the years.
My $.02