Insightful as always! I've always enjoyed rpg's, but I enjoy them even more since fighting in Iraq. Haven't seen anything from you in a while, hope you've been alright.
I've been super busy with work, studies, and crunching on Machineborn. This video took a lot of work and I initially had some writer's block on it, so that's why it took longer. The next video won't be as complex.
been roleplaying (both tabletop and non tabletop) for a long time, enjoyed the collaborative writing part of it. I have been losing myself lately, broken self confidence and such... until my gm turn the character I was only half-hearted playing into a high-stake spy. She is not a good person, she is a high-functioning psychopath, but she is brave, confident, calculative, and charismatic. She 'wins' life through social manipulations. And as twisted as this might sounds, I am trying taking her personalities to reform myself to be able to survive life.
Great video essay - a travesty it's not got more views. Appreciate it was a lot of work, but would love to see/hear more of this high quality RPG analysis
@@drdm2446 Thank you! And feel free to share it. These videos are fun to make so I'd love to make more. I have a few older ones that cover similar topics, like the video about rpg therapy and the one about "hot vampires"
For 30 years, I was a man, playing women. It took a long time, some serious talk, and revelations, before I realized I play women because I want to be those characters I play. When I came out, pretty much every friend I had around gaming said, yeah we figured it out a bit ago.
Lol. People can convince themselves of anything. I too play almost exclusively women, and have for the last couple decades. I have no desire to be one, I just find it interesting to try to put myself in anothers shoes. Plus women always have better outfits and accessories.
@PFirefly06 you have no desire to be a woman. Good for you. Your experience is not 100% of humanity, and we don't need YOUR litmus test if what reality is to define it entirely. What a boring reality it would be, if only one random person's perspective was used to base the fabric of all existence! Most transpeople don't "desire" to be their gender, the ARE their gender. Sometimes, a part of one's identity got buried , and we have to remove a lot of layers of shame and conditioning to get at it.
Insightful as always! I've always enjoyed rpg's, but I enjoy them even more since fighting in Iraq.
Haven't seen anything from you in a while, hope you've been alright.
I've been super busy with work, studies, and crunching on Machineborn. This video took a lot of work and I initially had some writer's block on it, so that's why it took longer. The next video won't be as complex.
been roleplaying (both tabletop and non tabletop) for a long time, enjoyed the collaborative writing part of it. I have been losing myself lately, broken self confidence and such... until my gm turn the character I was only half-hearted playing into a high-stake spy. She is not a good person, she is a high-functioning psychopath, but she is brave, confident, calculative, and charismatic. She 'wins' life through social manipulations. And as twisted as this might sounds, I am trying taking her personalities to reform myself to be able to survive life.
Great video. This is exactly the purpose of my own system design, to explore identity and the human condition as a whole.
"Seeing yourself as an elf, or a wizard..."
Or a catgirl... >.>
@@MorpheousXO Equally valid
Or a foxy femmboy x3
Great video essay - a travesty it's not got more views. Appreciate it was a lot of work, but would love to see/hear more of this high quality RPG analysis
@@drdm2446 Thank you! And feel free to share it. These videos are fun to make so I'd love to make more. I have a few older ones that cover similar topics, like the video about rpg therapy and the one about "hot vampires"
I've been waiting MONTHS for this!
@@KnallisSillan i hope you like it
For 30 years, I was a man, playing women. It took a long time, some serious talk, and revelations, before I realized I play women because I want to be those characters I play. When I came out, pretty much every friend I had around gaming said, yeah we figured it out a bit ago.
Lol. People can convince themselves of anything. I too play almost exclusively women, and have for the last couple decades. I have no desire to be one, I just find it interesting to try to put myself in anothers shoes. Plus women always have better outfits and accessories.
@@PFirefly06 oh. This has been in my head for decades. Playing women just made me a little closer.
@@PFirefly06 and yes. They have awesome clothes and stuff... 😸
@PFirefly06 you have no desire to be a woman. Good for you. Your experience is not 100% of humanity, and we don't need YOUR litmus test if what reality is to define it entirely. What a boring reality it would be, if only one random person's perspective was used to base the fabric of all existence!
Most transpeople don't "desire" to be their gender, the ARE their gender. Sometimes, a part of one's identity got buried , and we have to remove a lot of layers of shame and conditioning to get at it.