Game WISH #65
Does what you do for a living have any impact on your gaming? Have you had occupational details intrude on your descriptions of how something works? Have you ever dared a player to go ?Hotwire a car, then, if that?s how you think it?s done??
I’m a technical writer for a living, and I would say that the main carryover into gaming is that I have a tendency to take notes during games. I’ve never run into a situation in a game where that particular skill set affected my in-game actions or decisions. If I ever decide to play a journalist, I suppose I might call upon my experiences working in radio and TV, but I’ve been a tech, not talent, since junior high.
As fo jobs that I would like to have that would be useful in gaming–hmm–stage magician, professional gymnast, mad scientist, stunt woman, pyrotechnician, and computer genius come to mind.
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September 23rd, 2003 at 10:12 pm
Hmm. When I’ve tried to inject a note of realism based on gymnasitics, I’ve generally been shot down by GMs who found it too awkward to try to work out in terms of game mechanics. Of course, I’ve never had occasion to try that in one of your games!