Re: Genre Study. Did anyone notice that post? Comments?


25 Apr 1995 03:18:49 GMT

In article <3nh74t$7cs@agate.berkeley.edu>,
Gerry Kevin Wilson <whizzard@uclink.berkeley.edu> wrote:
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>Just curious. I only got one reply to it. Seeing as how I asked for
>folks to help me fill in gaps, that's none too encouraging, as I KNOW I
>didn't even cover a small portion of the sci-fi plots out there, but was
>going to wait for comments before adding to the list. As of right now,
Well, the stuff you covered gave some nice examples of sci-fi plots.
Generally, most plots are going to fall into the Cool Widget catgory, the
First Contact with Alien Species category, the Exploration of Unknown Space
category, or the Humanity's Problems in 2*** category. I saw some decent
examples of all of those mentioned. In general, imo, the genre of the plot
is not nearly as important as the style or type of plot. The idea of a game
based around being stalked by monsters is more central than whether the monster
is a demon, a psycho killer, or the Terminator. It's important to work in the
genre, I agree, but the genre should to my mind be more like the backdrop the
game is set against, not the thing which defines the game.

>I'm working on Genre Study #2: Fantasy. I'd like to hear where folks
>would like me to go with this series of posts (Wow, is that a nice
>straight line or what?). I mean, I'm covering 3 types of magic, 1 type
>of setting, and then mostly skimming through the rest. What other genres
>would you like to see posted about? What sort of suggestions can you
Well, I'd like to see some thought put in about Real Life games. Most of the
ones I've seen about real life just aren't that good. When I say real life, I
mean modern-day, 1995, your basic city person. Now, part of this is because
(let's all admit it), our lives aren't that interesting. Well, not interesting
compared to say Robin Hood's or Captain Spiff of the Space Patrol's life.
But surely there must be something we can do in this genre besides satires?
(And there have been some good satires, and far more bad ones.)

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