[BGB] Ultra-modern gaming.

[tballou at comcast.net]

Hi Norbert

I think there is a degree of audience.  Computer games, and first person shooters, appeal to a younger (read teenage/twenty something) audience.  Maybe I'm being a bit elitist here, but maybe tabletop gamers, have a little more perspective, and react more viscerally to current conflicts.  Honestly, I think there is a bit of detachment, of younger gamers, that you can just reset someone being killed.  

Once, something moves into the past, your 15 year value, I think the its not real mentality gets easier for older gamers.

I put myself into the not really liking current conflicts crowd.

But thats just my opinion.  

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From: vbrunhuber at comcast.net
> Hey all,
> 
>   In the past, I have heard several historical miniature gamers express distaste 
> for gaming very modern gamers saying that doing so is insensitive.  In fact I've 
> heard of a "15 year" rule.  It hit me the other day though that computer gamers 
> thrive on ultra-modern gaming simulations.  Why should miniature wargaming be 
> any different?
> 
--Norbert

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