Even though this was labeled as Flamebait I have to respond.
I for one couldn't care less if role-playing games were a "dying industry". Role-playing games are a land of imagination. For those of us who are playing now, we don't need any more new releases from any company. There already exist the concept of role-palying, or story telling if you will, which is more than enough for us.
From what I can say, almost all of the most enjoayble moments of role-playing have been improvised, and I feel like being blessed by beeing receiving more than my share of really enjoyable gaming experiences. Most of them have even been non-violent, despite the "violent" nature of the role-playing games.
I have emmensly enjoyd movies like Pulp Fiction, Aliens, Brain dead and so on, which contain violence. For about a decade I have played role-playing games, and thus have a lot of respect for Gygax. In almost every game there has been a fight of some sort. I haven't gotten used to violence in any way for I haven't really experienced it for real. Of course I've had I've had my share of playful wrestling with my friends, but I would hope that thats all part of normal life or are we going to live in a world where, say red is forbidden color to use in for example art because it is the color of blood.
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Even though this was labeled as Flamebait I have to respond.
I for one couldn't care less if role-playing games were a "dying industry". Role-playing games are a land of imagination. For those of us who are playing now, we don't need any more new releases from any company. There already exist the concept of role-palying, or story telling if you will, which is more than enough for us.
From what I can say, almost all of the most enjoayble moments of role-playing have been improvised, and I feel like being blessed by beeing receiving more than my share of really enjoyable gaming experiences. Most of them have even been non-violent, despite the "violent" nature of the role-playing games.
I have emmensly enjoyd movies like Pulp Fiction, Aliens, Brain dead and so on, which contain violence. For about a decade I have played role-playing games, and thus have a lot of respect for Gygax. In almost every game there has been a fight of some sort. I haven't gotten used to violence in any way for I haven't really experienced it for real. Of course I've had I've had my share of playful wrestling with my friends, but I would hope that thats all part of normal life or are we going to live in a world where, say red is forbidden color to use in for example art because it is the color of blood.