Can somebody enlighten me about the psychology/incentives of role-playing? What exactly do you get out of pretending to be Batman, say?
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We're playing Fiasco the next time you're in New York. Or, we can do it over Google Hangout.
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I don't really enjoy games of any sort, but I like watching and analyzing like evil scientist watching rats in maze :D
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What do you get out of pretending to be yourself?
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@The_Lagrangian "Clever. How's that working out for you...being clever?"
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Socializing. Pushes our "mental practice" buttons. Power fantasies. Challenges our real time creativity faculties.
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Just spitballing: putting on a good show for an audience is pretty gratifying to a lot of people.
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