thread: 2006-02-20 : Open House: Ask a Frequent Question, pt 2
On 2006-02-23, Vincent wrote:
Troy: Setting doesn't really include geography, even; geography is color. Like, the setting might be "a far-flung empire, incorporating many cultures," and its geography might be like Ancient Rome's, like the British Empire's, or all in outer space with whole planets instead of cities and islands. Geography, ethnography, technology - all color.
Now, to be fair, it's really hard to talk about the setting of a game without talking about its color. That's fine - more than fine, it's natural and probably inescapable, because "nailing down a setting" means "giving the setting its color."
This makes RC go "Huh"
That's almost starting to sound like "genre".
This makes TC go "I got it now..."
That last bit about color cleared it up for me. Thanks bro :)
This makes VB go "one way to define 'genre' is in terms of color, yes."
By that view, Red Harvest, Yojimbo and Last Man Standing, for instance, would be the same story cast into different genres.
