tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2296104283452210018.post6821412655331447874..comments2024-03-28T05:12:54.089-05:00Comments on Uncle Matt's Blog: The Darker Side of D&DMatt Finchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07678557558458924177noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2296104283452210018.post-47935451257131168052011-03-12T16:56:57.346-06:002011-03-12T16:56:57.346-06:00Play is about hidden urges and anxieties.
Kids pl...Play is about hidden urges and anxieties.<br /><br />Kids play war because war is exciting, frightening and beyond their comprehension. Adults play war-games because war is exciting, frightening and awful; it's a levitation beyond our control in the real world but not on the tabletop or computer screen.<br /><br />RPG isn't too far off.JDJarvishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07691101939920824546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2296104283452210018.post-78988387258141929262011-03-12T13:21:55.434-06:002011-03-12T13:21:55.434-06:00Much of our escapist fantasy is at it's heart ...Much of our escapist fantasy is at it's heart about externalizing subjects we find difficult in some way and then allowing the characters to deal deal with it in a direct manner. Sometimes that can be about repressed urges, but it can also be complex topics with no easy answers (this is one of the reasons escapist fantasy is so popular with young adults).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2296104283452210018.post-81117449529405745602011-03-12T13:14:17.980-06:002011-03-12T13:14:17.980-06:00Thanks, Porky. I wouldn't at all suggest that ...Thanks, Porky. I wouldn't at all suggest that humanity is universally bad - not at all. Just that our grayer areas can be seen in escapist fiction and escapist gaming. Even in the escapism of watching sports. Or the news, for that matter. We've got some hard-wiring that's a bit uncomfortable when our nobler side notices it.Matt Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678557558458924177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2296104283452210018.post-49528465219252501842011-03-12T12:51:44.488-06:002011-03-12T12:51:44.488-06:00I'm not at all offended, at least not yet - no...I'm not at all offended, at least not yet - not before following up one or two of the claims made..!<br /><br />To say "universally quite nice" might be out a little, but so would be 'universally quite bad'. Better could be saying that even war requires cooperation, and that our existence and prosperity have for a long time now relied on reciprocation and understanding, even goodwill, and to an ever greater degree. We are where we are because we can get along and want to.<br /><br />I am enjoying what you're posting here.Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.com