Snip: “Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks” by Ethan Gilsdorf
RELEASED FROM CAGES OF IDENTITY
“Geeks are a tolerant people. They take in ‘the other,’ the misfit toys, and not simply because no one else would sit with them at the cafeteria table. They have felt the sting of not being included. They know what it is like to not feel cool. Thus, it didn’t surprise me to learn during my quest that gamers and costumers—particularly LARPers or medieval reenactment groups like the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA)—accept gays, lesbians cross-dressers, and transgendered folk without hesitation.
Populated with cross-bred elves and dwarves, fantasy realms make people feel not quite so freakish, releasing them from their cages of identity. Playing half- or non-human characters can be an exploration of their freak side, a new door into themselves…”
pp. 56-57, Chapter Four, “Into the Dungeon Again”
Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms, by Ethan Gilsdorf.
Oooh. I like the looks of that.
Elizabeth
September 5, 2009 at 5:20 pm
So I guess this is non-fiction. I had an inkling from the title and everything, but wantd to be sure.
Harry Markov:daydream
September 6, 2009 at 5:16 am