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I loved the discussion that we had on Tuesday about the rational and intuitive sides of our brains. I would just like to highlight what Meredith and I slightly debated about, whether role-plyaing could be constructive or destructive. I was actually thinking about writing about this for my paper that’s due at the end of the week!

But anyways..

So are role-playing games constructive or destructive to our rational and intuitive brains? I would say both. For some people it would be a necessary escape when their world is too frightening, are hard to deal with. But where is the line? When does a person stop using this as mental stimulation and escape, to a blatant inability to perceive reality? This topic has been the center of many action-packed sci-fi movies for a reason. With the increases in technology, anything is possible. Not only are there role playing games where people can transform themselves into any mythical being and loose themselves in another land, while safely sitting at their computers. Virtual reality has progressed far passed at home golf driving ranges and rollercoaster simulators in arcades. Will this distort our perception of reality? Is that really such a bad thing?

The more I think about this the more questions I have!