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But so does 'video game' which can mean anything from Pac Man to Call of Duty to Baldur's Gate 3. Or 'book' which can mean anything from the Bible to Dan Brown to Tolkien to A Brief History of Time.

While your sarcasm is admirable, I do think it is important to note that popularity is, indeed, not the same as good. They are two very different words with very different meanings.

While I think that's true, we have developed additional vocabulary over the years to deal with this. We talk about story games, crunchy games, solo games, rules-lite games, tactical games, and so on. I don't think there's really a problem; we're still able to make ourselves understood with ease.

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Let me know where to send the prize!

Well I wasn’t trying to set 3-week homework assignments!

This thread is for sci-fi—I’ll do fantasy movies separately. Superhero movies similarly. 5. Star Wars. It kicked off the biggest sci-fi franchise in the world. Sure, Empire is better. But this is the one which launched the franchise and the one I remember most from my childhood. 4...

Micah, I say this with as much respect and kindness as I can… but your “expression of your feelings” is very similar to a phenomenon known as “toxic fandom”. Either go along with the fandom or don’t, but shaking your fist at a world that is leaving you behind is all on you.

Nope, they still care about the 20s demographic . Never fear!

I don’t even understand the question. Every bit of marketing is targeted at various demographics. That’s how marketing works. Clearly, that piece wasn’t for you.

It’s not even just that. It’s not just that the game has changed (which is has). Or kids have changed (which they have). It’s that the world has changed because that’s how time works. And the trope of middle aged men whining about kids today is old, old, old. And so tiresome.

Wait till you hear what the teenagers in 1925 liked!

Do you complain that Saturday morning cartoons aren’t made for 50 year olds too? Are kids not allowed the stuff you had? Everything has to be made for whatever age you are at the time? You are the only person who matters and the world must cater specifically for you, forever? You bought a book...

I’m not familiar with the slang “yoots”. In case I said it wrong, D&D is marketed at teenagers. Just like it always was. I can’t think of a different way to say it.

I can only imagine some kind of weird Willy Wonka scenario.

And ironically, how old were most of these old people when they started gaming? A lot of them like to make sure you know they’ve been gaming for 50 years…. since they were — wait for it — young people. D&D was always marketed at teenagers. It was marketed at teenagers in the 1970s. It was...

Why does everything have to have a nefarious goal? Why are you not asking what the “goal” of this piece of art is?

An interesting choice of year. What happened in 1997? ;) (I assume that’s the joke)

Three games? Hmmm. Do I get just the core rulebooks or the supplements/adventures/accessories too? I'm thinking what would give me the most stuff and the most variety of gaming for the longest time? 1. Something suitable for multiple genres. I don't want to be stick in one style of game...