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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 5361428" data-attributes="member: 3400">But are they the new standard? Would they have gotten as far without some media outlets, like Spin in its heyday, flogging them?And keep in mind that the big corporate record company acts include far more more than tepid stuff like Manilow or Phil Collins. How about the Stones? Pink Floyd? Metallica? All major acts that have benefited from massive amounts of promotion from record companies and big media. Is an indie band ever going to have the same kind of sales as either the Stones or Floyd? Is any indie record ever going to have the same penetration into the market as Dark Side of the Moon or Thriller? Or even Barry Manilow? He has been a massive success over the years.Making comparisons with musical acts is full of problems in general. For one thing, enjoying a CD is very different from enjoying a role playing game. The time and effort commitments are very different. It takes little effort to get Manilow, Floyd, and the Stones on your iPod and enjoy them equally with a collection of indie or small label titles. I can have the Stones or Zeppelin on my iPod along side Liz Phair, LukeSki, Billy Bragg, Modest Mouse, and a host of other obscure local bands putting their stuff on CDs made on the cheap. But if I want to really enjoy a role playing game, I've got to put some time and effort into running or playing it. In the time I can sit down for one session of a game (and that doesn't even include prep), I could have 3 or 4 different CDs playing in the background. That difference could just exaggerate the issue even more.</blockquote>

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