tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897921360185566368.post688052550052270860..comments2023-03-21T09:45:00.925-07:00Comments on Small Things: Sexiness and RPGsSimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14701923387704930175noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897921360185566368.post-12916622374044046072011-05-08T09:29:41.011-07:002011-05-08T09:29:41.011-07:00"Roleplaying is a really intimate, intense, v..."Roleplaying is a really intimate, intense, vulnerable act. It's kinda sexy, even. But for a lot of us we learnt to play, and most of our experiences of play are with groups of just men (or boys) often during adolescence, a time of incredible insecurity, messed up interpersonal relationships, and frequntly homophobia (and the attendant hatred of the feminine, and anything that makes you vulnerable). Basically, roleplaying is kinda gay, so we butch it up with swords and guns and fighting and shit."<br /><br />Totally love. Brilliant.Joe Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09853455237862504216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897921360185566368.post-10916034579199037452010-12-15T23:39:54.757-08:002010-12-15T23:39:54.757-08:00LARPs, eh? Interesting.
I guess basically going o...LARPs, eh? Interesting.<br /><br />I guess basically going out dancing and drinking is about enjoying a social space where it's ok to transgress boundaries and risk and sex is implicit.<br /><br />But yes! Midnight play!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701923387704930175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6897921360185566368.post-63302333303624774162010-12-15T21:11:40.181-08:002010-12-15T21:11:40.181-08:00Yeah man. In my thinking about the general cultura...Yeah man. In my thinking about the general cultural space for interactive experience, of which story games is a subset, I can totally envisage a sphere of activity that is based around social risk, with the sexy baked right in. Midnight play. Dare to take the person you're flirting with.<br /><br />(I also note that sexual energy is a major driving force for much LARP activity. Has been so since the dawn of LARP activity, but the Vampire LARP era made it super-explicit.)Morgan Daviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05448343235689873592noreply@blogger.com