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Comment on I’m going to lie to you. by Darius K.

Darius K. — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:57:14 +0000

“How much subversion can occur within a system designed by someone else?”

Only the tiny subversions.

Comment on I’m going to lie to you. by brian

brian — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:54:46 +0000

Actually I suppose the serial killer story does want to get caught.

Comment on So I was published on Pitchfork by M.H. Mason

M.H. Mason — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:39:07 +0000

It’s more than I’ve done in regards to either, so kudos I guess.

Comment on Generally Speaking… by Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:12:21 +0000

I suppose my question is this: If games are being made that put players into simulated environments complete with independent systems in place to make the player *feel* as though they’re in a real world – such as RDR, or my pet-love Pathologic – and they are inevitably doomed to failure because:

a) No system can be made that is currently complex enough to account for the chaos of our own universe, to which we are accustomed and nurtured into accepting all through our lives, and

b) Game narratives are often secondary sets of “special” systems that for whatever reason (clarity in design etc) the player is actually made aware of the criteria for agency of that system – OR have no agency at all which undermines whatever ancillary systems they put in…

THEN where do you go from there? If fiction is so couched in certainty to the point that we call anything that doesn’t make sense “bad writing” despite the fact that instances of a similar chaotic nature occur in real life, then how do you bridge the gap between fiction as this impenetrable wall of cause and effect, and something less controlled? – I mean a game is the obvious medium – but what do you do?

Is the fact uncertainty exists in the world is the whole reason why it’s practically impossible to replicate in fiction – because we don’t understand it?

Interesting read – sorry about my insane comment.

Comment on Generally Speaking… by brian

brian — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:52:05 +0000

Did I even say anything here?

That’s part of the fun.

Comment on I made a map! by elaina

elaina — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:34:31 +0000

I am going to recruit you to make a map of the public places that I threw up in yesterday. That’s how impressed I am by this.

Comment on Inspired by Sesame Street Classics by Corey

Corey — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:26:11 +0000

I’m pretty sure I was the only one in the room who got the reference. I lost a little faith in my friends that day.

Comment on New, on Truespies.org hosted blogs! by elaina

elaina — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:58:35 +0000

Dude, I WAS excited. Now, I am just crushed.

Comment on New, on Truespies.org hosted blogs! by brian

brian — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:40:44 +0000

I upgraded the plugin and it broke so I had to turn it off.

Bummer!

Comment on New Decorating Scheme by andy

andy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:17:48 +0000

Yes.