thread: 2006-01-11 : Two kinds of me
On 2006-01-12, anon. wrote:
Nah, it's more like:
V: Smash player power!
SP: Ick!
V: Look, players don't have sole control of their characters anyway.
SP: Oh, that's different.
V: See, this is where I talk game design theory. Read at your own risk if you are not a game designer.
SP: So, I'm not welcome here?
V: But you're a game designer, too.
SP: But—you just said—I'm confused.
And we all fall victim to something like the lumpley principle of blogging.
Currently, I am trying to articulate what I think is a difference that matters between "Joe Gamer designs by tweaking the system" and "Joe Game Designer creates a game that he wants played as written". Alas, I've got an all day meeting that isn't about gaming to go to.
FWIW, this is a fairly civilized discussion. Not getting the sense that anyone's trolling or trying to piss.
-Lisa
