out of touch? nah.. just jealous they won't let him play

My good gaming buddy Gregg, (who probably single handedly responsible for getting me back into RPG gaming... damn him) sent me this link from (I think) a Jewish internet publication. It talks about how the IDF (Israeli Defense Force) thinks that those soldiers that play D&D are out of touch with reality. What a crock of shit. And this from one of the better military organizations in the world. (at least on a small scale) Gamers who play D&D are no more out of touch with reality, than people who read books, watch sports, or play golf. It is a form of recreation, a form of socializing, and in many ways, maintaining the tradition of oral story telling in a world where 10 second sound bites or banging away on a key board are the norm for people to talk to one another. What is cool are the responses to this so called bit of journalism which are linked to the site. I have included one of the responses from none other than Thor, the god of Thunder, direct from Asgard! (talk about out of touch!) I must take issue with his opinion that D&D is not mainstream though. Anything that generates millions of dollars of revenue is definately not out of the mainstream.


If the IDF is considering D&D, then perhaps playing video games and watching movies should also be included in their criteria for being "detached from reality." Recreation takes many forms. Just because D&D is not mainstream or has a higher level of interactivity and creativity than people are used to engaging in is no reason to discriminate against it.
Thor ,
Asgard
(03.09.05)

Below is the link for the article. I think the article is written by a novice journalist... Very little about what he says about the game is true in how it is played so I put little faith in his information.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles//0,7340,L-3052074,00.html

Like I have stated before... gamers are controlling the world, so how can we be out of touch. Okay let me clarify that... Gamers are running most of the entertainment and technology industry. Wait! Maybe they are out of touch! AUUGH!


Later!