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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 4370180" data-attributes="member: 99">Love how you pass judgement on a bunch of art and writing that you haven't read in the same way that you pass judgement on a game you haven't played.See, this is the kind of thing that people have a problem with.&nbsp; I don't think this can be stated as &quot;simple logic&quot; at all.You seem to be talking about visualization being the definition of imagination.&nbsp; I think that imagination has a much broader definition than that.&nbsp; What about the aspects of imagination that involve creativity and change?&nbsp; If I'm reading a book then the story is dictated to me.&nbsp; If I'm playing an RPG, even a computer RPG then I get some say in what happens next.&nbsp; In fact, by this definition, a CRPG might be BETTER for my imagination than a table top game because I have complete freedom to decide what I want to do next whereas with a tabletop game, I've got to go along with the group concensus or whatever story the GM is putting forth.I'm by no means stating that as a fact or &quot;simple logic&quot;.&nbsp; I'm saying that whatever stimulates our desire to imagine and create is not going to be the same for all of us or even most of us.&nbsp; Different folks have different muses.&nbsp; For every person who is suffering some kind of &quot;suppression&quot; of their imagination due to WoW, there could just as easily be one or more others who find it inspiring, refreshing and yes, even imaginitive.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 4370180, member: 99"] Love how you pass judgement on a bunch of art and writing that you haven't read in the same way that you pass judgement on a game you haven't played. See, this is the kind of thing that people have a problem with. I don't think this can be stated as "simple logic" at all. You seem to be talking about [I]visualization [/I] being the definition of imagination. I think that imagination has a much broader definition than that. What about the aspects of imagination that involve creativity and change? If I'm reading a book then the story is dictated to me. If I'm playing an RPG, even a computer RPG then I get some say in what happens next. In fact, by this definition, a CRPG might be BETTER for my imagination than a table top game because I have complete freedom to decide what I want to do next whereas with a tabletop game, I've got to go along with the group concensus or whatever story the GM is putting forth. I'm by no means stating that as a fact or "simple logic". I'm saying that whatever stimulates our desire to imagine and create is not going to be the same for all of us or even most of us. Different folks have different muses. For every person who is suffering some kind of "suppression" of their imagination due to WoW, there could just as easily be one or more others who find it inspiring, refreshing and yes, even imaginitive. [/QUOTE]

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