Heathen72
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Movies and TV do it. Books do it. Theatre and musicals do it and even a good song can do it. They can bring you to tears.
So, if RPG's are akin to these other art forms it prompts the question: do they have the ability to really affect your emotions?
I am not talking about thrills, scares or laughs - gaming has those aplenty - and there is nothing wrong with games being just that, mind. Nor I am not suggesting that evoking tears is necessary for a good game. I just want to see if, in the experience of my fellow ENWorlders, RPG's evoke of sort of emotion that your average stoic male avoids.
Note, that I am not asking for reasons why they might, or how they could or should. I am looking for actual examples. To put it more directly:
GM's - have you ever made your players weep?
Players, ever moved your fellow players to tears?
Or been moved to tears yourself?
So, if RPG's are akin to these other art forms it prompts the question: do they have the ability to really affect your emotions?
I am not talking about thrills, scares or laughs - gaming has those aplenty - and there is nothing wrong with games being just that, mind. Nor I am not suggesting that evoking tears is necessary for a good game. I just want to see if, in the experience of my fellow ENWorlders, RPG's evoke of sort of emotion that your average stoic male avoids.
Note, that I am not asking for reasons why they might, or how they could or should. I am looking for actual examples. To put it more directly:
GM's - have you ever made your players weep?
Players, ever moved your fellow players to tears?
Or been moved to tears yourself?
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