Why do they perpetuate innacurate stereotypes?

Jun 212009
 

Came across http://www.ethangilsdorf.com/F_Fantasy_Freaks_Promo.html today (off of the Boston Gamers mailing list), and became rather annoyed at it. Why does the media continuously perpetuate the perception that gaming, larping, fantasy, etc. is only an escapist pursuit? I suppose they do so because it makes a quick buck by giving the non-gamers a justifiable rationale for not [........................]

Poll: Passing authors

Jun 162009
 

With the recent passing of David Eddings, and the not that long ago passing of Robert Jordan and Madeleine L’Engle (the two died 10 days apart) and Robert Aspirin, I’ve been thinking about authors from my childhood and wondering (perhaps morbidly)… assuming only natural causes, 1) Which of your favorite authors do you suspect will [........................]