Comments on Above 49: Gaming Made Me Also

@Erik Thanks. I was a little concerned I couldn...

2009-07-30T08:51:32.907-07:00

@Erik Thanks. I was a little concerned I couldn't articulate that. Glad I came cross right.

The part about your fiance and braid was very movi...

2009-07-28T14:34:46.275-07:00

The part about your fiance and braid was very moving. Some games really can give rise to emotional. philosophical and personal epiphanies in ways that few other forms of entertainment can.

@gcandy Excellent! That's just really not the ...

2009-07-25T09:55:05.544-07:00

@gcandy Excellent! That's just really not the same as "Remember the summer we all played Halo on XLBA, alone in our bedrooms" eh?

At least Castle Crashers and a few others still carry the torch.

Jolt cola, Cheetos and Perfect Dark is exactly wha...

2009-07-24T09:45:55.283-07:00

Jolt cola, Cheetos and Perfect Dark is exactly what one of my summers in the basement with my friends consisted of. I am now beginning to think that summer the streets of Ontario were missing teenage boys for a good two months.

@Erik Nice! Most of the folks here at works had no...

2009-07-23T16:32:01.269-07:00

@Erik Nice! Most of the folks here at works had not played tabletop before either. The cooperative teamwork that emerges is really an experience that is difficult to replicate.

And I think it has to do with physically being together. Some folks are quick to discount having people around a table or on a couch, but it really is an experience that cannot be imitated sometimes.

Interesting post! Me and a couple of friends just ...

2009-07-23T07:20:19.176-07:00

Interesting post! Me and a couple of friends just started playing weekly games of DnD 4e (with me as the DM). None of us had played tabletop rpgs before but we are all avid gamers. Every time we play we have an absolute blast! I fully agree with you that everybody that is into games and game development owe it to themselves to give it a try. I look forward to our DnD nights all week and spend stupid amounts of time preparing before each session. It's fantastic to see everybody in the group get into it and work as a team to solve the encounters, something I did not expect to see this soon, since a lot of the guys had never met before the first session.