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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wedgeski" data-source="post: 4839009" data-attributes="member: 16212">Forget about it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I think personally, that if technology ever reaches the oft-aggrandised 'holodeck' level of immersion, then books may well become a quaint, niche hobby much akin to our own beloved roleplaying.Picture an imaging system so powerful that it can fool your senses, and a computer so sophisticated that it can take the text of a novel, apply contextual historical (or hypothetical) detail to the environment in real time, and allow you to live the story of the protagonist, or simply observe him move through the plot, however you wish. Writers will likely stop relying on mere text to translate their imagination, and writing a novel will become akin to building a movie... with the computer doing all of the jobs that the writer does not feel equipped to do (and movies themselves will simply be re-imaginings of the story by people other than the author). Prose will likely become obsolete, or the domain of academics, because a book in as 'primitive' a form as mere words on a page (or PDA) simply will not sell any more.That's the kind of future I foresee. To us, the possible loss of the written word is tragic, but to our children, it will simply be progress.There are experiences to be had in MMO's far more immersive than it sounds like you've enjoyed. I've played WoW since launch, but since recently trying out a roleplaying server, I've had several real-time, in-character chats over VOIP, and one really fantastic planned roleplaying event between our little guild and a friend's. All this proves to me is that the potential for roleplaying is in no way defined by the platform, be it 3E, 4E or WoW.I can't agree with this, ever. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I think this is the natural destination of MMO's, and ultimately, any creative endeavour that relies on imagery/sensation to convey its meaning. But, we're (unfortunately) talking way in excess of any longevity I might enjoy. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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