As long as they’re not cock-blo... *hacks hand off to prevent the terrible joke from coming into reality*

Very nice. I wish kinja would let me star posts :(

Sadly (or luckily, depending on your viewpoint), you’ll have to actually pay money to read “Conquered by Clippy” or “Taken by the Tetris Block”.

Yes, well... I mean, we live in a world where erotic short stories about Clippy and Tetris pieces exist, so I guess it’s actually surprise that more people search for sexy Minecraft blocks than for sexy orcs or sexy tombraiders.

Minecraft porn? People are searching for Minecraft porn? I should not be, and yet I am surprised.

I’m actually not sure, sorry (it’s also been quite some time ago that I played settlers myself). I can’t imagine you can trade with somebody sitting a hundred meters apart, but probably with the people next to you.

No, it actually is one big game, though with a special board (500 meters long) and some rule tweaks.

There was a 1040-players game of Settlers of Catan at the last board game fair in Essen, Germany (impressions here (in German):

Yes, they clearly realized that these elements from P4 were great and integrated them into 3 - but only in the new route for the female protagonist.

...which is one of the reasons I prefer the portable version and the female route of P3. You actually have social links to all your teammates (including Koromaru), male and female.

For some reasons I can’t star your great post, but yeah, even if there is some overlap, romance visual novels and dating sims (which I often call “stat raisers”) are not the same thing. I find most dating sims rather boring, but I like romance visual novels.

I don’t know, going from “romance visual novels for women are popular” to “women are choosing virtual boyfriends over real ones” seems a bit of a stretch to me. The majority of otome visual novels are not that different from romance novels, movies or shoujo manga (the biggest difference is that you have several routes…

It was a pleasant surprise for me - nice story that has more than just kissing, nice drama, and I actually liked all the love interests (you can basically date yourself through the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). Otome VNs sometimes have really questionable routes (looking at you, dog cage guy in Amnesia).

I’m even more surprised to see Code: Realize there. I mean, I loved it, but I love kitschy romances in every form and especially otome VNs (and this one had nearly no uncomfortable scenes!).

Of course, that can happen. We had a player in a tabletop group who ALWAYS fell asleep (until he changed his medication). We just accepted that he would be out for half an hour each session. It did help that this was a pretty casual game.

That’s exactly the great thing about playing online. You can easily find groups, and I’m pretty sure if you check dedicated online RPG platforms like roll20.net (or ask in social media groups for RPGs like on Facebook or Google+, which yes, is used by a lot of online groups because of Hangouts), you’ll find some GMs…

Absolutely. I have three more or less regular offline groups, and use online groups for the more unusual games or to play with people who have the same playstyle I do. Both are great ways to play.

Well, in addition to time and distance, there is one other important fact: tabletop RPGs can be played in a hundred different ways, and not all of those ways are compatible. Just in DnD, you can have a group of hardcore minmaxer, who want strategical combat. You can also have a group of players who just want to…

Falling asleep is a bit extreme, but I personally get more easily distracted when playing online. Especially if you play after a hard workday, it’s just so tempting to open another tab and check a website for a minute, if your character isn’t involved.

I’m guessing the first episode was supposed to be a one-off gag, because the rest of the show is completely different. And now that they have everybody’s attention, anime-madness episode isn’t needed anymore (and might lead to false expectations). I admit I don’t really get most of the jokes in the actual show...