It’s fascinating — annnnd a little horrifying — to watch new converts to story-games come rushing in, gushing with the (justifiable) excitement they have over the games, only to hit a brick wall, face first, as soon as they stray from the topics related to the games themselves.<\/p>\n
I suppose it’s not any different than any other specialized group that gets in new members on a regular basis who have ONLY the stated interests of that group’s charter in common with the other participants. \u00a0Writing groups. Biking clubs. Quilting circles. Whatever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But I’m not able to observe those groups, and I *am* able to observe large groups of gamers, online, and watch this sort of thing happen.<\/p>\n
“What do you mean you voted for Obama? You wrote such a funny Actual Play post about your Primetime Adventures game session…”<\/em><\/p>\n
“How can you be for universal health care and still claim to be a legitimate fan of 3:16?”<\/em><\/p>\n
“You marginalize the convicts in the US prison system at the same time you claim to be all about Story Now. Hypocrite.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
United in our obsessions? Not exactly. Kind of hilarious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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