thread: 2005-05-02 : Person vs. Protagonist
On 2005-05-02, Jeff Rients wrote:
I must stand up for the lasersharks. I would certainly play a game about regularly people in dramatic circumstances or a game about extraordinary people in dramatic circumstances. But I also like taking Me the Fighter down into The Random Dungeon to kill the Faceless Orc Menace. I would not dispute the fact that such activity can be considered the least sophisticated style of play available but I cannot dismiss it simply for being juvinalia. I will also grant that this mode of play has been done to death and I heartily encourage designers and publishers to explore other options. Still the lasershark has it place even if that place isn't seating upon the golden throne it currently occupies.
