@avantgame @nutinmuch Interesting, but doesn't the article assume that all players are role-playing their toons? I'm not.
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@rwistar@nutinmuch I don't think any article like that assumes everyone is doing anything in a game, always room for difference -
@avantgame@nutinmuch Fair point. One other question -- why is healer a necessarily "feminine" role? Isn't that sexist? -
@rwistar@avantgame It is problematic! That's the trope that the game's playerbase sticks to, though. -
@nutinmuch@avantgame Seems like newer games (e.g. GW2) are trying to get away from such a traditional "holy trinity", maybe fewer problems.
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@avantgame@nutinmuch That is exactly what I try to extrapolate on in my book Virgin's Handbook on Virtual Relationships.(undergoing reedit)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame@nutinmuch nice! Kurt Cobain got it down to 8 words in 'All Apologies' - "What else could I say? Everyone is gay" ; )Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame@nutinmuch Interesting! Tho if anything WoW is fairly normative for a virtual world. Way more so than SL, MUDs, or "worldy" MMOs -
@raphkoster@avantgame ...applied to basically any other MMO that had similar concepts. Likewise, they could easily be expanded. -
@nutinmuch@avantgame text MUDs esp have long served as a haven for identity exploration. And worlds w/o classes are much less normative.
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@avantgame Thanks for the like and the tweet! :DThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@avantgame Your thoughts,@edmondchang? -
@ironmaus@avantgame I do think that virtual spaces can be queer, but I think the desire to see cyberspace as inherently so is too reductive
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@avantgame@nutinmuch Jeez, some people have to use WoW as a metaphor for EVERYTHING. =PThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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