thread: 2008-03-20 : Mr Foot Goes to Mouthville, part 2
On 2008-03-25, Vincent wrote:
With Luke.
Yeah, I'm looking narrowly at ideological criticisms of Burning Empires. Burning Empires too mainstream, you're on your own with that one. Me, I happen to know that Luke and I are ideologically identical ("make the best game you can and FUCK THEM").
I envy Burning Empires as an object, and it makes me insecure about where I'm putting my energy. I'm good with the fuck them, but am I really making the best game I can? (Reasoning answer: probably. Insecure answer: waah Burning Empires waah Sorcerer waah Shock: waah Grey Ranks waah Universalis waah [et cetera]!)
I also feel like, shit man, I owe Luke to play and understand and talk informedly about his games. I'm sure he'd let me off the hook, but I don't, and the size and game design of Burning Empires is a factor in my being able to understand and talk informedly about it. I signed up to play and talk about Luke's games. I've done okay by Burning Wheel, but not great, and Burning Empires is going to be even harder for me. It's intimidating in that regard.
