tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702895828040337181.post9020942834098700443..comments2024-03-26T08:17:49.258+08:00Comments on Armchair Gamer: RPG Theory: Story and Storytelling -- Part IAlex Osiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14851139031311819958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702895828040337181.post-208245053008284042012-04-06T08:57:50.205+08:002012-04-06T08:57:50.205+08:00I think I am similar to both of you, though we pro...I think I am similar to both of you, though we probably differ not only in terms of gaming preferences but also approaches to certain genres.<br /><br />Thanks for giving me more to think about -- this topic comes up periodically and I think it's time for me to give it serious thought. Sort of a 'gaming poetics' soul-searching thing.<br /><br />I look forward to your further input in Alex Osiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851139031311819958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702895828040337181.post-81599026719983132052012-04-06T01:35:52.867+08:002012-04-06T01:35:52.867+08:00I think my preferred approach runs in line with yo...I think my preferred approach runs in line with yours (and Trey's). I believe there's room for story techniques, depending on the game/genre being played. And I believe that can exist alongside meaningful player agency and choice. <br /><br /><a href="http://monstersandmanuals.blogspot.com/2012/04/platonic-dm.html" rel="nofollow">Monsters & Manuals</a> today suggested a definition of Lowell Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359280169506945906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-702895828040337181.post-13142678232863998282012-04-06T00:45:44.649+08:002012-04-06T00:45:44.649+08:00As you allude in your post, I definitely believe d...As you allude in your post, I definitely believe different genres/metagenres of play require different things. Sandboxes are great, but mysteries (in whatever subgenre) are probably not best suited to that completely open style. Likewise, something like <i>Star Trek</i> (and I don't mean justing playing in the universe of ST but actually trying to emulate the genre) would have a different Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com