I couldn't agree with the idea more. The problem lies in history. The first RPGs were tolkien inspired, derived out of wargames and easy to setup a fictional universe in. Fantasy lends itself to easy game universe creation. People get used to imaging elves and orcs - partially due to the nunmber of fantasy games and the sheer number of readers that Tolkien attracted. But personally I always found fantasy to be a bit derivative. Let's here it for alternative genres
Thing about RSI is well.. the repetition. For me the best results come from variation in workstation layout, keyboard layout and working posture. Don't blame the technology, use your imagination to build in a bit of variety
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I couldn't agree with the idea more. The problem lies in history. The first RPGs were tolkien inspired, derived out of wargames and easy to setup a fictional universe in. Fantasy lends itself to easy game universe creation. People get used to imaging elves and orcs - partially due to the nunmber of fantasy games and the sheer number of readers that Tolkien attracted. But personally I always found fantasy to be a bit derivative. Let's here it for alternative genres
Thing about RSI is well.. the repetition. For me the best results come from variation in workstation layout, keyboard layout and working posture. Don't blame the technology, use your imagination to build in a bit of variety