I’ve always been a bit behind the times.
I don’t mind it, to be sure. When you’re out on the bleeding edge, there’s a heck of a lot more stress than when you’re a little behind. So, five months after, I found this article about the future of Dungeons and Dragons online.
At least, for me.
I’ve said it before: I should be in love with Everquest, World of Warcraft, and D&D Online. If they had come out even a decade ago, I’d have been hooked. But today, and maybe I’m just getting too damned old, they don’t appeal to me. I’ve said that it is the face-to-face interaction that I like about pen-and-paper D&D, but I’m not sure that’s the case.
See, I’m intrigued by Second Life. I’ve always liked the Sims, and thought that a good online version of the Sims was needed (the EA attempt was relatively weak).
Anyways, I think I could do this. I think that I could log into a virtual world like Second life, and sit around a virtual table with other normal-looking virtual people and roll virtual dice to play virtual Dungeons and Dragons. How crazy is that?
Maybe it’s the imagination part that I like about pen-and-paper D&D. Maybe its the fact that I like playing with my friends and, generally, only my friends. Maybe The ten years I spent in the IT field has left me so jaded that I still can’t seem to merge fun with technology. I don’t know, to tell you the truth. I just know how I feel.
I think I’m going to give it a shot soon.
So, what about you all? Would you play virtual pen-and-paper Dungeons and Dragons online?
