thread: 2005-11-10 : Open House: Ask a Frequent Question...
On 2005-11-14, Collin M. Trail wrote:
So, what is Simulationism, anyway? I feel like I have less of a grip on that, than on the other two parts of the GNS model.
This makes VB go "aaaaaaiiiigh! owie owie owie!"
This makes CMT go "Did I break you?"
Sorry, are you okay?
This makes VB go "*head asplodes*"
This makes VB go "*twitch, twitch*"
This makes JCL go "let's see if I can field this"
I'll post something in the GNS forum of the Forge. if Vincent approves, he can link it from here.
This makes VB go "*whimper*"
This makes VB go "I was right!"
I swear to CHRIST I'm never going to talk about simulationism ever again.
This makes CMT go "Sorry about that."
Didn't realize what a can of worms I was opening up. One comment- it looks like you and Ron have a well defined concept which Sim describes, but that many people want there to be a third functional approach to gaming, or believe they are enjoying something that is not Gamist or Narrativist, and are trying to redefine Sim as this third cool thing.
