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そろそろ冬休み⛄皆様は今年のお休みは
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本日はKenneth先生より趣味であるゲームにまつわる話を
聞きました🎮
趣味の話になるとヒートアップ🔥本日は長文に挑戦です！
In the land of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy, almost anyone who plays video games* knows about RPGs – Role Playing Games. These are games where the player takes on the role of a character in the story, a game about playing a role, hence the name of the genre. But even some of the most enthusiastic gamers** may not realize that RPGs are older than gaming consoles or even PCs. Before everyone had a computer, RPGs were played using pen and paper – and they still are today! With sheets of paper and handfuls of dice, you can play an RPG without any electronics at all.
Though they were the original RPGs, today we call them TTRPGs – Tabletop RPGs, because instead of using a computer, we play them on top of a table. In Japan, they’re also called TTRPGs, but instead it stands for Table Talk RPG – to emphasize that you come around a table and talk with other people. Unlike the solo adventure in many RPGs, TTRPGs are played with a group of friends. After all, you can only play one character – so your friends make up the rest of the party! But what about the enemies, allies, and all the other people and obstacles that make up the game? That’s where the GM – Game Master – comes in. Instead of a computer showing you pictures and simulating other characters, the GM is the one who plays the other characters to help or oppose the players, creates the quests and obstacles, and runs the game for everyone. While this may not seem as nice as 4k graphics and 5.1 Digital Surround Sound, having a living person run the game instead of a computer means the game is tailored specifically to the players and can react to anything they do.
Since TTRPGs are powered by imagination, there’s no limit to what the players can do and what kind of stories can happen! You could befriend a goblin instead of fighting it. You could seduce the demon king or challenge him to a dance contest. You could negotiate peace between fighting nations or declare war on both of them. Only with a TTRPG can you experience a unique story where you truly are the main character.
*In Japan, the English word “game” is used to refer to all electronic games, but in English, a “game” can be anything from baseball to cards, so it’s important to include “video” in “video game” when talking about games on the computer, phone or console.
**”Gamers” is used to talk to people who play video games a lot. “Game” is used as a verb often, and “gaming” is a popular hobby.
たくさん略称が出てきましたが皆様お分かりでしたでしょうか🧐
今はゲーム機器が進化してほぼデジタルですが、昔のゲームは何を使用してどの様に作っていたのでしょうか…？👀
ゲームや漫画大好きなKenneth先生ともっと趣味について語りたい方！
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