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Gamer Question
People who like L5R: Why?
Why do you like a top-heavy, orientalist, highly westernized fantasy of Japan that is simultaneously less gameable and less interesting than the "real thing" (either a historical period or something based on Japanese myth.) Real Samurai had complicated lives of politics, betrayal, war, and power. Y'know, human issues. L5R Samurai seem to worry mostly about "taint" and "honor" and kill themselves all the damned time.
Not to mention that China and Korea are reduced to "the shadowlands" that are EVIL and full of "taint."
And please don't say it is the system. 'cause that is a whole nother rant.
(Clarification: I have no trouble believing that a lot of people like L5R. Just that twice today I have seen folks who I think of as rational, sane people, very hip to racial, cultural, and historical issues, praise the game. I'm really curious -- why? Am I missing something?)
Why do you like a top-heavy, orientalist, highly westernized fantasy of Japan that is simultaneously less gameable and less interesting than the "real thing" (either a historical period or something based on Japanese myth.) Real Samurai had complicated lives of politics, betrayal, war, and power. Y'know, human issues. L5R Samurai seem to worry mostly about "taint" and "honor" and kill themselves all the damned time.
Not to mention that China and Korea are reduced to "the shadowlands" that are EVIL and full of "taint."
And please don't say it is the system. 'cause that is a whole nother rant.
(Clarification: I have no trouble believing that a lot of people like L5R. Just that twice today I have seen folks who I think of as rational, sane people, very hip to racial, cultural, and historical issues, praise the game. I'm really curious -- why? Am I missing something?)
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(Note: By "amateur" I don't mean "makes no money," I just mean "primarily done for one's own amusement, rather than as a profession.")
As to your complaints about indie games: Well, there they are. The last two seem like perfectly okay things to base your buying decisions off of.
I am a little sad that they are not useful to me as a marketer, but that's my own account.
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--Ben
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