>> 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.


I don't think I've heard a comment that was laced with more pap than that
last one.


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