02-06-2011, 02:50 PM
Intersting read.
PBM is still alive despite the internet (or webnet as my wife calls it) and if anything it seems to keep it alive, with wikipedia and wiki blogs about it and games every where.
I heard/read of a teacher that played PBM and brough it into the class room (he was a history) teacher and got the pupls to pick a nation from pe WW2 and see how they would cope as the government of the day and used his spare time to run it with a news paper etc. It apprently proved very popular and a very different history was brought forth about WW2! Some said that it made modern history "more exciting" as they actually got a feeling for the time and period.
So when actually involved with a reason to, PBM can still be fun and thats the problem the hobby has to contend with consoles and PC games, some thing lacking when PBM first started. You could say the same about radio and TV, or TV and sat or landline phones and mobiles to a certain extent...
just my thoughts....
PBM is still alive despite the internet (or webnet as my wife calls it) and if anything it seems to keep it alive, with wikipedia and wiki blogs about it and games every where.
I heard/read of a teacher that played PBM and brough it into the class room (he was a history) teacher and got the pupls to pick a nation from pe WW2 and see how they would cope as the government of the day and used his spare time to run it with a news paper etc. It apprently proved very popular and a very different history was brought forth about WW2! Some said that it made modern history "more exciting" as they actually got a feeling for the time and period.
So when actually involved with a reason to, PBM can still be fun and thats the problem the hobby has to contend with consoles and PC games, some thing lacking when PBM first started. You could say the same about radio and TV, or TV and sat or landline phones and mobiles to a certain extent...
just my thoughts....