I know it’s kind of changed a bit for me. I’ve been more trained now that mentioning D&D in conversation is a good way to kill a conversation. (In fact, talking engineering has actually had better luck for me at parties, which is sad.) I know when I was in high school, we used to talk about it all the time. College a little less, but we talked about counterstrike instead. (However, counterstrike was so popular at school, it was actually a way to connect with strangers instead of alienate them…) These days, it seems like its the kind of thing that grown, responsible men aren’t supposed to talk about. But it’s usually what I spend the most time thinking about. And it’s probably okay that I swordfight with Charlie, but when no one is looking, I’ll still pretend to swordfight in the air… I recently took a four hour drive to DC for a business trip, and spent most of the drive talking to myself and planning what is going to happen next in the game.

Anyway, point is, it’s a good time, and I’m sure in the long run, it’s not less healthy than fantasy football, just much, much more misunderstood. And it’s not all that bad, since if I wasn’t playing, I would be just doing video games anyway. It’s good to be back into it, after all these years.

Or maybe, the kool-aid is just that good. But how old do I have to be before I can do what I want to do instead of what I’m supposed to do?