From: "Karen J. Cravens"
> Yes, a lot of sims are outlets for people to express their, um, secret
> fantasies about a particular TV show. (It's got a lot in common with
> fanfic in that regard.) Which, after its own fashion, makes it guilty of
> some of what conventional roleplayers get accused of (although *our*
> fantasies are assumed to consist of hacking people up with swords rather
> than jumping into bed with them).
>
Nah, same fantasy - adventurers are the rock stars of fantasy worlds. Kill
a giant, get your pick of the local talent.
The roleplaying doesn't usually follow through on the second half of this
story because a fair percentage of the roleplayers are teenagers who don't
know the first thing about the opposite sex - if they did, they'd be out
with them.
I support my case with the contention that adult games spend less time
hacking and more time flirting.
I've often thought that the teen female market was wide open for a Barbi RPG
based on dating, boys and ponies. Of course females don't need rules to
keep their imaginary worlds structured and logical, and also don't need
rules to share that imaginary world with friends and don't lose interest if
there aren't car chases or blood. Hmm, maybe there isn't a product there
after all.
Chris Tutty
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