The Weekend Mailbag

Another slow week in the mailbag. I really need to stir up more controversy!

The Online Lifestyle

Grinktor writes:

I play games and I go to bars. I can’t get laid in a video game…at least, not satisfactorily.

Thank you for the details. Please don’t explain further. 

Hullor writes:

I play games to hang out with all the guys that I went to college with, but I certainly don’t try to meet girls there. Most of the girls who play MMO’s are damaged goods. I meet a lot of normal, well adjusted dudes, but most of the girls I talk to are have severe psychological issues with attachment, OCD or bad relationships.

You forgot to add “escapism.” However, you should really be careful of stereotypes. My year and a half-stint as a guild alliance leader in World of Warcraft brought me into contact with some fascinating, well-adjusted people as well as our fair share of nutjobs. 

Stefanie writes:

Sometimes I hate being a girl who games. I play EQ2 and LOTRO, but as soon as guys find out I’m a real girl, I get everything from tame in-character propositions to total losers who want to find a quiet corner and cyber. Does the internet seriously remove the brains and inhibitions from lonely boys? I can guarantee that none of these wannabe deviants would have the nerve to approach me in a bar or in a club. I bring the hotness. I just want to play my game and have fun without being hit on.

I really think the denizens of www.Peter-Hodges.com should judge if you bring “the hotness.” Be a (wo)man and post a pic below to back up your claims.

Bob the Bike Boy writes:

I think the internet is great. I live in a small town that isn’t big enough to support its own cycling group, but I can connect with users in a bicycle forum and through IM to chat about the coolest things going on in the cycling world. I also like science fiction, so I can connect with this site as well. Without the internet, I’d be riding up and down hills by myself and thinking that I was reading a deadend genre.

Glad to have you with us, Bob. I can personally say that if it weren’t for the internet, I wouldn’t be in contact with some dear friends of mine in the Tulsa, OK area.

The Dresden Files

Galileo the Heretic writes:

I thought you had better taste.

Space Vacuum writes:

How dare you compare that abysmal Sci Fi Channel series to Buffy? Wheedon will come for you, my friend.

To both of you guys, I said I found the book entertaining, even if it wasn’t Hugo material. Geez. And for the record, I have not checked out the Sci Vi Channel show yet.

Privateer Chapter Eight

Nina writes:

I knew it! The gloves are off! You’re using a story to suck people in to your political views. That’s completely despicable. There are people that will read your story and be swept up in the characters only to find themselves agreeing with your viewpoint. You’re creating an atmosphere of sympathy that is designed to further your political views in an insidious manner.

Oh…my…God.

Here’s Privateer:

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That’s all we have time for today, ladies and gentlemen.