Recent content by EinSoph

As a fan of this show from the beginning, I'd recommend checking it out. You can find all of it on Gametrailers or a few of the recent episodes on Youtube (which they do in 1-2 hour sessions at a time). It's worth noting though, that it's a totally honest depiction of D&D, meaning it shows...

A totally fair point, albeit one that prompts a debate over how much and what type of gaming is needed to be a gamer. And that's entirely subjective and been done to death. Also yeah, I get that it isn't really his identity, but A: he was the closest example I had to my point, and B: it's...

No mention for Frank Underwood? A pity. He really plays into the fact that gaming is essentially nothing more than teaching you systems and then how to beat them or master them. Don't know most/almost all of the above references, but I think the gaming-as-empowerment gets a one-sided view a lot...

Stupid. This immediately shows an assumption that 'comedy' and 'jokes' are these unitary things that you check off on a list when determining genre, rather than whole diverse modes of expression in their own right. Marvel movies have a silly, irreverent sense of humour, which is why they're...

What people seem to be ignoring is the fact that in Real Life, one is also role-playing. We adopt personas or social masks, depending on the task at hand and who one is with. The interesting thing about this test is that it allows for testing that's more analogous to real life, while retaining...