Secret identity slice of life

Is Bruce Wayne fun to play? asks Poe’s Law on RPGnet but the wider question is about playing out the mundane side of supers, urban fantasy and the like, and my answer is it depends on the players, the characters and what they get up to:

The more down-to-earth sides of a secret identity can be a lot of fun, as noted, depending on what they’re doing. Clark Kent is often a better example than Bruce Wayne, as a mild-mannered reporter at the Daily Planet brings in investigative journalism adventures and workplace comedy, and his ongoing relationship with Lois Lane has fueled series by itself.

My current Vampire: The Masquerade game is about a band, and getting and playing shows, going to other gigs by vampire and mortal musicians and hanging out in the scene as well as other slice-of-life events like seeing connected human NPCs (the latter built into the current edition) takes up more sessions than the regular vampire turf wars, because being in a band is itself something that there are stories like films and TV series - and indeed RPGs - about.