"When I was growing up and developing my unhealthy addiction to D&D, [we had] a reliable circle built on trust and forgiveness, which meant I could act like a ham with a side of dork, coating myself with several layers of roleplaying. […]
You know what’s easy? Or at least easier? Rolling dice, using tactics, performing a cleave, shift, action point, knee breaker. That’s thrilling, engaging, epic, and makes for a fun story, especially if you managed to roll above 5 on those attacks. You can tell the rogue, “Delay your action until I get over there,” or command the wizard, “Use with fireball, I can take it.” These sorts of mobile, lively, evocative adventures are pure cinema, just a whole lot of easy fun.
However, this could lead to a game that feels as shallow as a late-80′s action flick, with a distinct lack of motivation in the characters and an absence of characterization in the storytelling."

"We are parents, we are grandparents, we are sons, we are daughters. We are professionals, we are students. We are Trekkies, we are Browncoats. We are everywhere. We are geeks, we are nerds, we are liberals and conservatives. We are christians, we are jews, we are muslims, we are atheists. We are Nintendo fanboys, we are X-Box fanboys, we are Sony fanboys, we are “Atari will never die”-8-bit-forever-fanboys. We are wannabe rockstars, we are wannabe racecar drivers, we are wannabe DJs, we are wannabe dragon slayers.
We are Alliance, we are Horde.
All that matters is that we are gamers.
We are, all of us, creators of our own stories.
Together."

"Why then is this movie [Social Network] important? It is important because it chronicles not so much the technological revolution, but the desperate need for connectivity, for social networks on the part of millions of people, both in America and elsewhere in the early 21rst century. It aptly diagnoses the desperation of the young, the desperate need to be wanted, to be liked, to be ‘friended’. In a world that lacks love, people will settle for ‘like’ or even just ‘connection’. But when socializing and even sex becomes just ‘connectivity’ it has been cheapened and trivialized out of all recognition. It has turned something beautiful into something sad and tawdry, and meaningless. The paradox chronicled in this movie is in a world of ever increasing connection, there seems to be less and less real love."

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