Coincidence...or throwing down the gauntlet for folks to take on your arguments? ;-)
Hee. Man, I've got Drowning Pool's "Step Up" on here... "If you want to step up, step up, you're going to get knocked down..."
Seriously, "Take on Me" came on and I was amused and saved the reference, but I was planning on furthering the pushing of Ozomatli by listing "Ya Viene el Sol"... Or to keep to the theme, "Saturday Night": "The people rose up/Government froze up/World-wide block party, everybody shows up..."
Lately, though, it's been all middle class & upper middle class in my experience.
I know a few lower-middle-class-to-poor gamers, but only over the internet—none in the Bay Area. Met most of ‘em through the Amberlist. I think mailing lists may be more inclusive to people who don’t have the sorts of jobs that let them sit at work and cruise forums, because with a mailing list the neat stuff is delivered to you.
Books back then tended to be home-grown and pretty cheaply made (and badly copy-edited, with mediocre artwork, etc. -- the downside).
A better second-hand RPG market would be a big help, I think. eBay’s a great boon, but I wish there were more used bookstores that dealt in rpgs. I know of only one in the Bay Area. The ability to browse and happen across things you had no idea existed is powerful.
Hmmm...larger SF cons seem to have established protocols for daycare (though I've never looked into it, since I don't have kids).
Me neither, but I’ve gone to KublaCon and ComicCon, and I don’t remember anything about day care on their websites, nor did I see any day care indications while I was there.
female characters in the art should be no more naked/passive than the male characters.
I'm personally happy to see both male and female characters scantily clad in artwork. Preferably in the same piece of artwork. But that's me. :-)
Man, do I have the book for you. I was seeking out Theatrix because I’d heard it was the only diceless game besides Amber that didn’t suck, and some online seller sent me instead the only Theatrix expansion, a worldbook for “Ironwood”, which is apparently soft porn in a fantasy setting…
As for scantily clad folks, I tend to lean towards Mark Twain’s position: “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” ;) (I see naked people, man, I want to hand them a sweater. It’s cold out there!)
Re: Hmmm....
Coincidence...or throwing down the gauntlet for folks to take on your arguments? ;-)
Hee. Man, I've got Drowning Pool's "Step Up" on here... "If you want to step up, step up, you're going to get knocked down..."
Seriously, "Take on Me" came on and I was amused and saved the reference, but I was planning on furthering the pushing of Ozomatli by listing "Ya Viene el Sol"... Or to keep to the theme, "Saturday Night": "The people rose up/Government froze up/World-wide block party, everybody shows up..."
Lately, though, it's been all middle class & upper middle class in my experience.
I know a few lower-middle-class-to-poor gamers, but only over the internet—none in the Bay Area. Met most of ‘em through the Amberlist. I think mailing lists may be more inclusive to people who don’t have the sorts of jobs that let them sit at work and cruise forums, because with a mailing list the neat stuff is delivered to you.
Books back then tended to be home-grown and pretty cheaply made (and badly copy-edited, with mediocre artwork, etc. -- the downside).
A better second-hand RPG market would be a big help, I think. eBay’s a great boon, but I wish there were more used bookstores that dealt in rpgs. I know of only one in the Bay Area. The ability to browse and happen across things you had no idea existed is powerful.
Hmmm...larger SF cons seem to have established protocols for daycare (though I've never looked into it, since I don't have kids).
Me neither, but I’ve gone to KublaCon and ComicCon, and I don’t remember anything about day care on their websites, nor did I see any day care indications while I was there.
female characters in the art should be no more naked/passive than the male characters.
I'm personally happy to see both male and female characters scantily clad in artwork. Preferably in the same piece of artwork. But that's me. :-)
Man, do I have the book for you. I was seeking out Theatrix because I’d heard it was the only diceless game besides Amber that didn’t suck, and some online seller sent me instead the only Theatrix expansion, a worldbook for “Ironwood”, which is apparently soft porn in a fantasy setting…
As for scantily clad folks, I tend to lean towards Mark Twain’s position: “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” ;) (I see naked people, man, I want to hand them a sweater. It’s cold out there!)