thread: 2012-02-22 : Aw Heck With It
On 2012-03-05, John Mc wrote:
Fascinating! This begs the question for me, what defines a "hack"?
I can see what you're saying Paul, but Murderous Ghosts feels like a massive hack. So much got stripped away that you're left largely with "Barf Forth" and "Choose from a list". When I read it I didn't think "AW hack", I thought "Vincent sure likes those bits in his game design. It's interesting how he's using them in this game." Hell, everyone knows Vincent loves lists. ;)
Course I believe you guys that it's a hack, it just raises the question for me: What is a hack? How is it distinct from a new game with elements common to other games in a designer's oeuvre?
Put another way, is Apocalypse World a Rock of Tahamaat, Space Tyrant hack?
