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benlehman at 11:44am on 29/08/2009
benlehman at 11:44am on 29/08/2009(mostly for my own benefit.)
So when people come to the Forge and read the GNS essays and get all excited they often design a bad game. Also, when people play a story game and get all excited they often design a bad game, not understanding that you can't just throw design tools together.
Anyway, about four years ago, a guy named Roger drew a fantastic picture of just this sort of bad "narrativist" design and bad "gamist" design (respectively) on Vincent blog. Four years ago, and we're still fighting this stuff today.
So when people come to the Forge and read the GNS essays and get all excited they often design a bad game. Also, when people play a story game and get all excited they often design a bad game, not understanding that you can't just throw design tools together.
Anyway, about four years ago, a guy named Roger drew a fantastic picture of just this sort of bad "narrativist" design and bad "gamist" design (respectively) on Vincent blog. Four years ago, and we're still fighting this stuff today.
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