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<blockquote data-quote="Greg Benage" data-source="post: 8245738" data-attributes="member: 93631"><p>I don't think I said that. I'm rereading what I wrote, and I really can't figure out where I said that. Or that anything I said "sounded like" that. I did say, in the section you quoted: "I'm not a good enough method actor to be immersed in a character when I know for a fact that the character has script immunity."</p><p></p><p>I can "enjoy roleplaying" a four-headed clown from the planet Zoon who believes it's a wedge of cheese. I might struggle a bit with immersion, though. Likewise, I can "enjoy roleplaying" a character doing things the world considers insanely dangerous despite the fact that I know the character can't die. There's not going to be much in the way of immersion, however.</p><p></p><p>As for your question about whether or not I think "books are dumb," I'm going to go ahead and say "no." If I did, I probably wouldn't read or write them. OTOH, I do think (1) fiction is more immersive when I <em>don't </em>know what will happen to the character, including whether they will live or die, and (2) RPGs are a more immersive experience than reading narrative fiction, in part precisely because of this distinction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg Benage, post: 8245738, member: 93631"] I don't think I said that. I'm rereading what I wrote, and I really can't figure out where I said that. Or that anything I said "sounded like" that. I did say, in the section you quoted: "I'm not a good enough method actor to be immersed in a character when I know for a fact that the character has script immunity." I can "enjoy roleplaying" a four-headed clown from the planet Zoon who believes it's a wedge of cheese. I might struggle a bit with immersion, though. Likewise, I can "enjoy roleplaying" a character doing things the world considers insanely dangerous despite the fact that I know the character can't die. There's not going to be much in the way of immersion, however. As for your question about whether or not I think "books are dumb," I'm going to go ahead and say "no." If I did, I probably wouldn't read or write them. OTOH, I do think (1) fiction is more immersive when I [I]don't [/I]know what will happen to the character, including whether they will live or die, and (2) RPGs are a more immersive experience than reading narrative fiction, in part precisely because of this distinction. [/QUOTE]
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