I love things that are better than they need to be

[richardthinks]

So when your blog is called "Playing D&D with Porn Stars" I'm guessing you don't have to work very hard to get an audience. You don't, for instance, have to post hilarious and thoughtful write ups of all the creatures in the Monster Manual or deceptively deep ruminations on the very strange activity that is roleplaying.

You want a sample? Fine.

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[whswhs]

All right, I've looked at the ruminations, and I don't recognize them as having any relationship to where I find the payoff of roleplaying. I think that confirms that this guy isn't the right rpg critic for me to read.

[richardthinks]

I'm not very surprised, his take definitely isn't universal (of course it's hard to find many aspects of RPGs and play practice that are - one of the beauties of the hobby, I think). But I've certainly played in some groups where his take held true at least for much of the time, and I've never before come across anyone who actually looked squarely at that and wrote about it. Far more of the writing I've seen on roleplaying seems to reflect a kind of ideal experience or intention (or wishful thinking?) that in my own experience has happened only rarely.

...apologies for tortured syntax: it's late here.