Subj : Re: Tabletop war and roleplaying games
To   : hollowone
From : Arelor
Date : Sat Apr 29 2023 06:03:59

  Re: Re: Tabletop war and roleplaying games
  By: hollowone to Arelor on Fri Apr 28 2023 01:21 pm

 > I hear you clear and loud and I'm with you on this opinion. But there is als
 > id..
 > 
 > I think it must be also OK to consider many things are generational.. until 
 > 

Honestly, many old forms of entertainment are just as valid as today's.

See, I have been listening to some old radio shows as of late. Many are quite
fine.

The problem with "platform based" entertainment is not that the entertainment
is lower quality, but that it puts you in the hand of a complex chain of
providers. If you buy a copy of Brass you will be playing Brass for the rest of
your life if you want to. If you jump into a digital version of Brass, your
entertainment now will require:

* Access to the Internet
* A device built with a lot of Chinesse electronics inside.
* An Operating System compatible with the game (and typical commercil Operating
Systems are not trustworthy either)


Sure, kids in the middle age would have lots of fun hitting each other with
wooden swords, but they didn't depend on a third party to activate their wooden
swords so they could play with them.

This reliance on third parties is a new phenomenom.


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