Never underestimate the power of a fun music video to call viral attention to yourself. Never mind the fact that you just created the fanfare theme for an entire generation of gamers… way to go, Jed Whedon! This is all advertising for The Guild, by the way, if you didn’t know.
Category: Roleplaying
The Twitter Post: Celebrity Roleplaying
Back in the days of old AOL, it was all the rave to have a screenname (aka handle) that sounded like a known celebrity. At the time, no one really thought anyone was who they said they were (Superman, Prince, Madonna) until actual celebrities started staking out their names and demanding legitimacy. I’ve always preferred using mythological creatures and character names myself (you can get into some copyright issues there, too, if you name your WoW character “Richard Rahl”).
But with the popularity of Twitter, the game of celebrity impersonation has been taken to a whole new level. While some celebrities have “verified” themselves and others have professional “tweeters” keeping fans happy, others haven’t started playing or have no intention of doing so. This makes them prime targets for impersonation, and some clever impersonators have gotten away with quite a bit: Celebrity Roleplaying.
Kevin A. Ranson 