Have we said it all?

[Sukunai]

I am speaking only for me here, but, since I joined the group, the
discussions have been good, but it also seems like we very few
submitters have potentially said all there is to say on gaming in
general.

I wrack my brain, but I can't think of anything else to say. The
subject is finite, and sadly so too our members here in number.

I wish we had some way to identify how many are merely reading (is
there a way?).

Anyway, I feel expended, I'm out of fresh comments. Is anyone else
having this problem?

[Patrick]

I always feel I have much more to ponder and say about games. But I'm
sure I end up repeating myself pretty often. So I keep hoping others
will say something I can reply to, in order to keep things fresh.

At this point, I'm guessing that hardly anybody besides me really
likes thinking about games in the meandering "philosophical" way that
I often do.

Some like talking about their *experiences* with games--playing them,
designing them, collecting them, or whatever.

Others (e.g., game designers and authors of books on games) like to
seriously explore specific questions about games and game playing--but
they intend to use their findings in an article or book or in their
next game design. Something practical.

The kind of "thinking about games" I do is, in the opinion of many,
mere navel gazing. All I do, basically, is reflect on how I feel
about this game or that, or how I'd classify games or game players.
It's almost all subjective, and it probably doesn't really lead
anywhere.

When I formed this group, I had hoped to find like-minded people who'd
share their own subjective musings. Then I could compare my "gaming
worldview" to theirs and maybe modify mine in light of what others
have to say. But others are, understandably, more interested in real-
world happenings than rumination.

I've backed off on posting here mainly because I don't want it to just
be a personal blog (I have one of those, and I rarely post anything to
it).

[Sukunai]

And the votes are in.

Yes Patrick, we've said it all I suppose.

Or maybe we need a greater degree of public visibility.

Then again, non wargaming based discussion is hardly what I would call
brisk even on Armchair General where the membership is very sizable.