Minor rant: Anime and gaming

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by raymond6751

That stuff gives RPG a bad rep. Actually, role-play games aren't all about fantasy crud. Now the term RPG has become synonymous with that.

Role play is a great pastime, but I could never get into the majic, monsters, and wizard stuff.

I think you have it backwards. The very first RPG to be published was Dungeons & Dragons, in 1974. Traveller was the first Science Fiction RPG, in 1977. All others followed later.