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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 1891907" data-attributes="member: 704"><p><strong>Nothing wrong with Videogames.</strong></p><p></p><p>There is nothing wrong with video games. They happen to be quite fun. I happen to play what some may term an unhealthy amount of them myself.</p><p></p><p>However, you have probably noticed that some people rant on about how Story is the important part of a Pen and Paper RPG. And how some people prefer Dungeon Crawls and Hack and Slash.</p><p></p><p>Comparing the two is like comparing Final Fantasy games to Doom games. That is to say, the comparision of the two is a retarded waste of everyones time and breath.</p><p></p><p>Some people like Doom 3. Some people like Final Fantasy. In one, you spend alot of time looking at pretty graphics and watching scripted FMVs with little control over what is happening. In the other, you run around dark corridors and shoot stuff, and do not much else. Both are fun. Both are inherently useless in the Hunter / Gatherer sense of the term. One set of fans likes to look down on the other. Neither are worth listening to.</p><p></p><p>In this context, 'videogamy' probably means one of two things. One possibility is that the game is alot like a Diablo type game wherein your always looking for the next big item, and twinking the hell out of your character, trying to put lots of big huge numbers in the various slots on your character sheet. Another possibility is that the game borrows elements inspired by videogames, like 'save points'.</p><p></p><p>Use this rule of thumb and no others.</p><p></p><p>If everyone at the game table is having fun, it does not matter in the least how you run your game.</p><p></p><p>As long as you follow that rule, and have the food / shelter / basic hygene bits taken care of, the puny arguements of people looking for a pissing contest do not matter.</p><p></p><p>END COMMUNICATION</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lord Zardoz, post: 1891907, member: 704"] [b]Nothing wrong with Videogames.[/b] There is nothing wrong with video games. They happen to be quite fun. I happen to play what some may term an unhealthy amount of them myself. However, you have probably noticed that some people rant on about how Story is the important part of a Pen and Paper RPG. And how some people prefer Dungeon Crawls and Hack and Slash. Comparing the two is like comparing Final Fantasy games to Doom games. That is to say, the comparision of the two is a retarded waste of everyones time and breath. Some people like Doom 3. Some people like Final Fantasy. In one, you spend alot of time looking at pretty graphics and watching scripted FMVs with little control over what is happening. In the other, you run around dark corridors and shoot stuff, and do not much else. Both are fun. Both are inherently useless in the Hunter / Gatherer sense of the term. One set of fans likes to look down on the other. Neither are worth listening to. In this context, 'videogamy' probably means one of two things. One possibility is that the game is alot like a Diablo type game wherein your always looking for the next big item, and twinking the hell out of your character, trying to put lots of big huge numbers in the various slots on your character sheet. Another possibility is that the game borrows elements inspired by videogames, like 'save points'. Use this rule of thumb and no others. If everyone at the game table is having fun, it does not matter in the least how you run your game. As long as you follow that rule, and have the food / shelter / basic hygene bits taken care of, the puny arguements of people looking for a pissing contest do not matter. END COMMUNICATION [/QUOTE]
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