Got questions for Gary Alan Fine?

[talien]

My recent articles on Examiner.com about Gary Alan Fine's work on role-playing games, Shared Fantasy, generated quite a bit of controversy. You can read my review here: Book review of Shared Fantasy

The two more controversial pieces are American Fantasy in RPGs: American fantasy in role-playing games

And why there are so few gamer girls: Why there are so few gamer girls

I'm interviewing Gary over the phone tomorrow, so if you have burning questions, please post them here and I'll be happy to ask on your behalf.

Thanks!

 

[grodog]

Nice pieces Mike. I still haven't picked up Shared Fantasy, so my only Q for Fine would be if he's planning to update the book given the vast changes (as I see them, anyway) in gaming culture today vs. the early '80s: from your review, it sounds like he's leaning hard on an older view about the hobby and the hobby culture (no girls, thinking that C&S or EPT still have significant presences in the hobby today, etc.). Is that correct??