The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience. – Gary Gygax
When AI approximates Machine Intelligence, then many online and computer-run RPGs will move towards actual RPG activity. Nonetheless, that will not replace the experience of being there, any more than seeing a theatrical motion picture can replace the stage play. – Gary Gygax
Gaming in general is a male thing. It isnt that gaming is designed to exclude women. Everybody whos tried to design a game to interest a large female audience has failed. And I think that has to do with the different thinking processes of men and women. – Gary Gygax
There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre youre involved in, whether its a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agenst or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things. – Gary Gygax
Sometimes when we weep in the movies we weep for ourselves or for a life unlived. Or we even go to the movies because we want to resist the emotion thats there in front of us. I think there is always a catharsis that I look for and that makes the movie experience worthwhile. – Edward Zwick