Apparently even porn stars are into D&D these days...
(companion video to this wacky blog:
http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/)Is it just me, or does table-top seem to be making a come back these days? I haven't played any role-playing games since high school (which is ice ages ago) and I've never gotten into the video game rpgs, so I'm really out of the loop.
When I did play in my misspent youth, my favorite was the
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles role-playing game! You may laugh, but I tell you, it was way more fun than D&D. Instead of the same 'ol faux medieval setting with the same 'ol creatures that populate every trapper keeper and fantasy novel since Lord of the Rings, you get to become an anthropomorphic animal of your choosing (my favorite character that I created was a Teenage Mutant Ninja BAT*) and do things you've always wanted to do as a kid but can't like driving a car or going to a bar. I think that's why D&D appeals to older folks and people who have already Done It All in real life, like these porn stars. D&D is a whole separate world you could never simulate in real life. (Unlike the TMNT game which you could kind of simulate by going to a bar in a bat costume.**) But when we were kids, D&D was sort of like the Old Guy in the corner of the room at a teenage party that no one knows or how he got there. Sure, you'd tap him every few hours to get you beer, but no one really wants to hang out with him.
Basically D&D was the granddaddy of all rpgs, so we just took it for granted. Among the kids I played with, it was our least favorite rpg. TMNT, the Marvel Superheroes rpg, the DC Superheroes rpg, Gamma World, Shadowrun, and rpgs we actually made up ourselves (I still have binders and binders filled with rules and crap for made up rpgs) took precedence over D&D in our nerdy hearts. I think it was just that D&D had such an impenetrable wall of rules that tended to suck the joy and spontaneity out of, well, imagination.That said, I have lots of fond memories of playing D&D. I really feel like it fueled my obsession with story-telling and honed my ability to read the interest level of the audience. Being a Dungeon Master, or Game Master, is sort of like doing a stand-up routine at an open-mic. You have to be brave and you have to be good.The strange thing is, I don't have any lingering hankering to revisit D&D the way I do with other childhood obsessions. I guess I still haven't lived enough life yet.I don't know where I'm going with this... Just rambling I guess.(* Oh, for the love of God, don't let me be a closet furry!)(** I don't recommend it though, unless you want to get your underwear pulled over your bat-ears.)
When I did play in my misspent youth, my favorite was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles role-playing game! You may laugh, but I tell you, it was way more fun than D&D. Instead of the same 'ol faux medieval setting with the same 'ol creatures that populate every trapper keeper and fantasy novel since Lord of the Rings, you get to become an anthropomorphic animal of your choosing (my favorite character that I created was a Teenage Mutant Ninja BAT*) and do things you've always wanted to do as a kid but can't like driving a car or going to a bar. I think that's why D&D appeals to older folks and people who have already Done It All in real life, like these porn stars. D&D is a whole separate world you could never simulate in real life. (Unlike the TMNT game which you could kind of simulate by going to a bar in a bat costume.**) But when we were kids, D&D was sort of like the Old Guy in the corner of the room at a teenage party that no one knows or how he got there. Sure, you'd tap him every few hours to get you beer, but no one really wants to hang out with him.
Basically D&D was the granddaddy of all rpgs, so we just took it for granted. Among the kids I played with, it was our least favorite rpg. TMNT, the Marvel Superheroes rpg, the DC Superheroes rpg, Gamma World, Shadowrun, and rpgs we actually made up ourselves (I still have binders and binders filled with rules and crap for made up rpgs) took precedence over D&D in our nerdy hearts. I think it was just that D&D had such an impenetrable wall of rules that tended to suck the joy and spontaneity out of, well, imagination.That said, I have lots of fond memories of playing D&D. I really feel like it fueled my obsession with story-telling and honed my ability to read the interest level of the audience. Being a Dungeon Master, or Game Master, is sort of like doing a stand-up routine at an open-mic. You have to be brave and you have to be good.The strange thing is, I don't have any lingering hankering to revisit D&D the way I do with other childhood obsessions. I guess I still haven't lived enough life yet.I don't know where I'm going with this... Just rambling I guess.(* Oh, for the love of God, don't let me be a closet furry!)(** I don't recommend it though, unless you want to get your underwear pulled over your bat-ears.)
