Quote - I'm glad that Steampunk has to a small degree brought out a revival of Victorian/Edwardian fashion... that is the extent of my interest in Steampunk. The whole mechanical-driven-to-the-edge concept I find a bit difficult to stomach. But, the aspects of fashion are really quite compelling. Who has really done the concept incredibly beautifully is Ms LittleFox: her outfit on that other site is nothing short of brilliant.

As a non-computer role-playing gamer, I'm of mixed minds. I've enjoyed some of the Steampunk games I've played in (such as a Campaign of GDW's "Space 1889"), but sometimes I yearn for the days when we played Victorian games which didn't have steam tech. (They might have magic, or the occult, but of the sort that one found in Victorian writing.) Or, for that matter, Wild West games without magic, Cyberpunk without elves etc. For every game system which doesn't mix in fantasy, there were three or more which did. :(