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[Slightly OT] Does sex really sell RPGs?
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<blockquote data-quote="fba827" data-source="post: 422576" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>I, personally, am not more inclined to purchase a magazine that has a scantilly clad person (man or woman) on the cover.</p><p></p><p>1) I find it unnecessary</p><p>2) (although to a much lesser extent) I find it difficult to need to explain to whomever sees it that it is a gaming magazine when it appears (at a quick glance) to be leery fantasy art.</p><p></p><p>As for the question, does sell really sell RPGs?</p><p></p><p>Well -- even if it does not directly sell the managzine (or book, or whatever) it does attract attention. If you see it on a shelf you may notice it more (out of disgust or interest) but you do notice it and, yes, you even talk about it (see -- we're talking about it now and have mentioned some publications specifically).</p><p></p><p>So even if it is the content that sells the publication, it is the "sex" on the cover that has attracted at least <em>someone</em> to it and generate some form of interest that they may read it or want it (for the cover or the content -- but the key being that you've caught their attention / interest).</p><p></p><p>It is basically the publishers view on making the front cover attractive. Rather than a plain cover (with stylized font / color) they have chosen the particular art that they have to interest potential readers. True, they could have chosen other art, but this is the art that they choose to use (be it because the publisher himself/herself likes it a lot or because they feel it will generate interest).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Mind you, all of the above are just my ramblings. I hardly ever make sense when I haven't slept though but hopefully my point is in there somewhere. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fba827, post: 422576, member: 807"] I, personally, am not more inclined to purchase a magazine that has a scantilly clad person (man or woman) on the cover. 1) I find it unnecessary 2) (although to a much lesser extent) I find it difficult to need to explain to whomever sees it that it is a gaming magazine when it appears (at a quick glance) to be leery fantasy art. As for the question, does sell really sell RPGs? Well -- even if it does not directly sell the managzine (or book, or whatever) it does attract attention. If you see it on a shelf you may notice it more (out of disgust or interest) but you do notice it and, yes, you even talk about it (see -- we're talking about it now and have mentioned some publications specifically). So even if it is the content that sells the publication, it is the "sex" on the cover that has attracted at least [i]someone[/i] to it and generate some form of interest that they may read it or want it (for the cover or the content -- but the key being that you've caught their attention / interest). It is basically the publishers view on making the front cover attractive. Rather than a plain cover (with stylized font / color) they have chosen the particular art that they have to interest potential readers. True, they could have chosen other art, but this is the art that they choose to use (be it because the publisher himself/herself likes it a lot or because they feel it will generate interest). Mind you, all of the above are just my ramblings. I hardly ever make sense when I haven't slept though but hopefully my point is in there somewhere. :D [/QUOTE]
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