Subj : Re: Gamelists
To   : All
From : mbottorff@sprintmail.com
Date : Fri Dec 15 2000 12:12 am

From: mbottorff@sprintmail.com (Michelle & Boyd Bottorff)
Subject: Re: Gamelists
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> Well, I can see brain-dead college students playing a session or two or a
> computer-based RPG for the same reason that they might play a
> computer-based RPG sans people.  I watched all my friends get bitten by
> the Diablo II bug (and was bitten by it myself, though for less time).
> When you all you want to do or have the energy to do is relieve stress via
> hack 'n' slash and collecting Cool Abilities and Equipment, it works.  I
> tire of it after a while, but there's definitely an appeal there for the
> brain-dead college student who prefers something with a bit more
> interaction but less intellectual effort than "real" roleplaying.

So Diablo II had even marginal intelligence?  That's quite a step up
from the original.  The orignal Diablo had even less intelligence than
the coin-operated Dungeons & Dragons game, and that's *quite* a feat.


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