Onefinemess » D&D http://onefinemess.rhinopanda.net The blog formerly known as Onefinemess. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:56:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 MMOs, D&D & socialization http://onefinemess.rhinopanda.net/2010/05/04/mmos-dd-socialization/ http://onefinemess.rhinopanda.net/2010/05/04/mmos-dd-socialization/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 00:27:42 +0000 onefinemess http://onefinemess.rhinopanda.net/?p=1939 I think it’s interesting that MMOs have their roots in RPGs – perhaps the most solitary form of video game there is (not counting some of those Japanese dating sims….).  Sure, I used to watch a friend play the SNES Final Fantasy games for hours (I don’t think I ever had an SNES), and that was somewhat social, but I think that’s a fluke.  Certainly I played the Ultima games on the NES, the SSI Gold Box D&D games, the Wizardry games, etc. alone.

Of course, the counterpart – the other ancestor – D&D & pnp roleplaying in general, is extremely social (jokes about the players social skills aside).  So, maybe RPGs & MMOs are really siblings, or cousins, not a strict lineal relation as time would have you believe… maybe the parents (D&D and uh.. computers I guess…) had one child early in life (RPGs) and the other in their 50s (MMOs).  Makes me wonder if the parents will be around to see their youngest grow up – or has it already?  WoW would like us to think so, but I’m not convinced.  I think that whatever “virtual reality” becomes will be the adulthood of the MMO.  WoW is like… early puberty maybe?  We’ll see.

Also, Guild Wars 2 is looking good.  They’ll have a good size audience carry over from GW1, and are doing some pretty different things in MMO land (big budget with no monthly fee for one thing) so the potential for something special is there… I’m looking forward to it.

/end rambling

OH, and the unofficial month of blogging more than usual is over (April), so I’m back to my sporadic updates.  Enjoy?

]]> http://onefinemess.rhinopanda.net/2010/05/04/mmos-dd-socialization/feed/ 1 politics and….D&D?! http://onefinemess.rhinopanda.net/2008/08/29/politics-anddd/ http://onefinemess.rhinopanda.net/2008/08/29/politics-anddd/#comments Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:19:39 +0000 onefinemess http://onefinemess.wordpress.com/?p=459 I’ve been waiting for an excuse to link to this blog forever.  Because I’m a geek.  And I like D&D, even if I haven’t played it in years, and think that anything after 3.0 is kinda wacky.

It’s a cute post.  Enjoy!

Besides..how ofter do I get to use my Politics & Gaming tags on the same post?

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