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Do you ever find that your RPG experience helps you understand real world things better?
In my case, I'd say yes. One example is thee big mystery of the lost flight of avenger torpedo bombers that disappeared in 1945 after ww2 in the so called 'bermuda triangle'.
I've heard all sorts of really far out BS in relation to this, like they were abducted in mid air by aliens, or fell into a time/space warp, gut zapped by a left over death ray from atlantis, sheesh...
As a gamer I think there's a better explanation: The guy doing the navigation for the flight made a critical failure on his skill, and everyone else either made regular fails to notice the error or assumed it was part of the training exercise. Eventually they got hopelessly lost and went down into the ocean. Sad, but understandable.
So as a gamer I see it as a critical fail on a skill use, not something out of a steven speilberg movie.
Anyone else use gaming to understand real world issues like this?
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Peter
United States
Carol Stream
Illinois
See I told You
You'll Get Over It
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One of the credible theories I've heard is in regards to methane deposits. The theory is pretty solid and has proven plausible in tests. This theory could also explain many of the strange disappearances both in the Bermuda Triangle and the Dragon's Triangle.
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Dan Conley
United States
Buffalo
New York
All statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.
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Re: Re: I have a question of the day....
This isn't exactly RPG related, but pertains to when I was playing the browser based game Urban Dead. In it you can search for items, but you have a better chance of finding something if you've first restored lighting to a building. I was looking for something in a dark room and thought "oh, my search percentage will go up if I turn on the lights."
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Dave Terhune
United States
Colorado Springs
Colorado
This is a blatant example of frivolous spending.
I spent 100 geek gold and all I got was this lousy overtext.
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Not deliberately, but I always come away from my game research with a greater understanding of the universe.
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