Role-playing games are contests in which the players usually cooperate as a group to achieve a common goal … - Gary Gygax

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Ireland starts for me with the end of The Dead, which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind.

Gary Gygax

Role-playing games are contests in which the players usually cooperate as a group to achieve a common goal rather than compete to eliminate one another from play. . . . Role games. . . bring players together in a mutual effort.

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I foresee online gaming changing when there are good audio-visual links connecting the participants, thus approximating play in a face-to-face group.

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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.

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Pen-and-paper role-playing is live theater and computer games are television. People want the convenience and instant gratification of turning on the TV rather than getting dressed up and going out to see a live play. In the same way, the computer is a more immediately accessible way to play games.

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I hated school, didn't like the discipline.

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