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Re: [MUD-Dev] Storytelling vs simulation, AGAIN! was Re: Influent ial muds
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999 18:07:22 -0800 (PST)
Matthew Mihaly <diablo#best,com> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, J C Lawrence wrote:
>> In the final analysis, mechanical games are boring and people,
>> and their machinations are endlessly fascinating (cf soap
>> operas). The scale between the Talkers (or IRC) and pure gamist
>> MUDs is that of the extent to which the venue (MUD) provides a
>> defined backdrop and toolset to those human machinations.
>> Expressive fertility.
> Boring is a subjective word. I can't remember if it was you or
> Raph that pointed out that despite (or maybe even because of) the
> ridiculous, mechanical simplicity of Shades, it was a lot of fun.
I did, and which you are right, is a very curious anomaly. Some
classes of simulations (eg SimEarth, SimCity, Civilisation, Empires,
etc) also break this pattern. Shades does it very curiously, by
providing a very very simple obvious mechanical pattern that some
remains "fun" despite its very apparent roteness. Sim* get it thru
complexity depth.
> By way of another, even more extreme example, I present you with
> Pachinko.
Touche. It would seem that mechanility is not the corret term.
--
J C Lawrence Internet: claw#kanga,nu
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- Thread context:
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Storytelling vs simulation, AGAIN! was Re: Influential muds, (continued)
- RE: [MUD-Dev] Storytelling vs simulation, AGAIN! was Re: Influential muds,
Eli Stevens (KiZurich) c718157#showme,missouri.edu, Tue 02 Mar 1999, 22:37 GMT
- [MUD-Dev] Storytelling and Gods (fairly long),
Matthew Mihaly sarapis#achaea,com, Wed 03 Mar 1999, 01:25 GMT
- Re: [MUD-Dev] Storytelling vs simulation, AGAIN! was Re: Influent ial muds,
J C Lawrence claw#varesearch,com, Wed 10 Mar 1999, 22:42 GMT
- [MUD-Dev] Re: Roleplaying and Immersion (was: PermaDeath),
Sayeed yu219121#YorkU,CA, Sun 28 Feb 1999, 03:54 GMT
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