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Podcasting D&D Games
Reader PoC wrote to give us a heads up on RPGmp3.com, a site that (wait for it) allows you to download reviews of D&D modules in audio format. These include live, unscripted excerpts from gaming sessions trying out the modules. If you've never played D&D before, this is a safe and cheeto-free way to check it out. They even have exerpts from sessions in the awe-inspiring ($100 US) World's Largest Dungeon.
Not to feed a troll, but... Gaming is a hobby with a 'loser' repuation. You might recall that, up until fairly recently, reading SF, tinkering with computers, and electronics had that same reputation-still do, to some extent. It's a pretty safe bet that anyone here does at least one of the three, and likely more than one. My gaming group consists of seven people. WE play once a month or so, because of our personal and professional lives. The group has a test engineer, a project manager, a software engineer, an avionics tech, a special ed teacher, an accountant, and a stay-at-home mom (two young kids). None of these are exactly name tag and paper hat professions. In the relationship area, the group is 3 couples and one single guy (me) who's single because I like my toys (Cars, computers, bikes, and paintball) and the ability to play with them freely more than I like relationships. I've had the experience to tell, too. Any hobby has its 'off' people. Tell me what your hobbies are, and I'm sure I can kick an unsavory stereotype at you; it will be at least as true as the ones about gamers...