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Gaming is Radio 4?

Rock Scissors Blog has an interesting analogy between radio vs. TV and pencil and paper RPGs vs online computer gaming. In both cases the traditional form which demands more from the imagination has declined in favour of a new medium with pretty pictures, but which makes fewer demands on it's audience.

Posted by TimHall at February 16, 2003 12:49 PM | TrackBack
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