I should possibly clarify that I've never played any kind of electronic video-type game. Of any kind. That gaping chasm you can see is the generation gap.

I RPG the old-fashioned way, with a bunch of friends, some pizza and a lot of dice.

Art School is good. I'm going back to uni to do post-grad in creative writing, despite my undergrad degree being a science degree, because I now earn a living as a writer. Go the creative people! Making Up Stuff is Good!