I second.. especially the Otherland series. It combines sci-fi, mythology, and fantasy with great character building and story telling in the not too distant future. Imagine if the you surfed the net in virtual reality...
Robots should be cute. Otherwise they remind us of the whole taking-over-the-world scenario.
I tend to think cute robots would have a much better chance of taking over the world:
unsuspecting human: "Aww, look at that cute robot teddy bear! It's even got a toy laser gun in it's paw!"
evil robot teddy bear: "Will you be my friend?"
unsuspecting human: "aww, of course I will you cute.." BRRZZZAP!!!
evil robot teddy bear: "stupid human"
I would say that D&D has huge benefits over online RPGs like Everquest as a way to develop social skills and have positive social interractions. Chatting with avatars online doesn't give you nearly the same kind of inter-personal interraction that playing a pen and paper rpg does. Maybe I'm kind of biased since I used to play a lot of pen and paper rpgs, though I haven't really touched online rpgs much at all, but chatting online doesn't give me nearly the same sense of community or belonging that talking to people in person does, including in the setting of playing an rpg. I never really lose the feeling of being alone when I'm just chatting online. So I don't think you can compare online rpgs with D&D and its like so easily. I personally think pen and paper rpgs are much healthier, as far as building self-esteem in otherwise introverted and lonely people, than online rpgs. Though I definitely agree that online rpgs are social games too, I don't think you can apply the same kind of perceived benefits provided by D&D to Everquest.
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I second.. especially the Otherland series. It combines sci-fi, mythology, and fantasy with great character building and story telling in the not too distant future. Imagine if the you surfed the net in virtual reality...
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Robots should be cute. Otherwise they remind us of the whole taking-over-the-world scenario.
I tend to think cute robots would have a much better chance of taking over the world:
unsuspecting human: "Aww, look at that cute robot teddy bear! It's even got a toy laser gun in it's paw!"
evil robot teddy bear: "Will you be my friend?"
unsuspecting human: "aww, of course I will you cute.."
BRRZZZAP!!!
evil robot teddy bear: "stupid human"
I would say that D&D has huge benefits over online RPGs like Everquest as a way to develop social skills and have positive social interractions. Chatting with avatars online doesn't give you nearly the same kind of inter-personal interraction that playing a pen and paper rpg does. Maybe I'm kind of biased since I used to play a lot of pen and paper rpgs, though I haven't really touched online rpgs much at all, but chatting online doesn't give me nearly the same sense of community or belonging that talking to people in person does, including in the setting of playing an rpg. I never really lose the feeling of being alone when I'm just chatting online. So I don't think you can compare online rpgs with D&D and its like so easily. I personally think pen and paper rpgs are much healthier, as far as building self-esteem in otherwise introverted and lonely people, than online rpgs. Though I definitely agree that online rpgs are social games too, I don't think you can apply the same kind of perceived benefits provided by D&D to Everquest.