Comments on: GM as God, Part 2.5: Bang! http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/2009/08/06/gm-as-god-part-2-5-bang/ Killing Someone Else's Darlings Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:06:55 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: admin http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/2009/08/06/gm-as-god-part-2-5-bang/comment-page-1/#comment-236 admin Sat, 08 Aug 2009 06:42:22 +0000 http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/?p=359#comment-236 <i>Punctum</i> is a borrowing from Roland Barthes though and not my own invention - I'm just (perhaps (mal-)appropriating it for this. I like definitions to be kind of vague myself, but if this coalescing of the idea works for you, go with it and extend it! Punctum is a borrowing from Roland Barthes though and not my own invention – I’m just (perhaps (mal-)appropriating it for this. I like definitions to be kind of vague myself, but if this coalescing of the idea works for you, go with it and extend it!

]]> By: Irda Ranger http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/2009/08/06/gm-as-god-part-2-5-bang/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Irda Ranger Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:56:03 +0000 http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/?p=359#comment-235 Well, that takes a little bit of unpacking, but maybe where you're going with it could be written: <blockquote><i>Punctum</i>: A detail is provided to the player, whether a single descriptive word, short phrase or scene prop, which empowers the player to surmise consequences in the game-world using this new information plus knowledge acquired during an earlier stage of play. In combining the pieces of knowledge the player creates, rather than is provided, first-person understanding.</blockquote> Well, that takes a little bit of unpacking, but maybe where you’re going with it could be written:

Punctum: A detail is provided to the player, whether a single descriptive word, short phrase or scene prop, which empowers the player to surmise consequences in the game-world using this new information plus knowledge acquired during an earlier stage of play. In combining the pieces of knowledge the player creates, rather than is provided, first-person understanding.

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