Comments on: Mage: The Dirty Version – Ground Rules http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/2009/09/07/mage-the-dirty-version-ground-rules/ Killing Someone Else's Darlings Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:06:55 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: JDCorley http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/2009/09/07/mage-the-dirty-version-ground-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-314 JDCorley Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:01:06 +0000 http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/?p=415#comment-314 It's looking good so far, one thing I wanted to mention, as one of those douchebags that are constantly yelling about "The Wire" and how great it is, is that the show really changed how I looked at splats and in-game organizations and their intersection. There's always someone who's getting ahead because they married the Captain's daughter. There's always someone who would be phenomenal if they could stop drinking. There's always someone who can't stay inside the lines. There's always someone getting ahead by bullying others. It’s looking good so far, one thing I wanted to mention, as one of those douchebags that are constantly yelling about “The Wire” and how great it is, is that the show really changed how I looked at splats and in-game organizations and their intersection. There’s always someone who’s getting ahead because they married the Captain’s daughter. There’s always someone who would be phenomenal if they could stop drinking. There’s always someone who can’t stay inside the lines. There’s always someone getting ahead by bullying others.

]]> By: jonathan http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/2009/09/07/mage-the-dirty-version-ground-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-313 jonathan Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:10:31 +0000 http://www.mobunited.com/mobunitedmedia/?p=415#comment-313 My personal favourite moment was the following: <cite> "The Dirty Version explores Mage through the tabletop RPG medium as I see it: one with its own voice to offer, instead of something emulating a book, film or other medium. I have pretty strong opinions about this and think that many RPGs nowadays are the product of envy directed at more popular or arty media. That’s why we now have dozens of games that let you play a story as structured by somebody with a halfassed recollection of 100 year old literary theory that happened to get dumped in their heads during high school. Fuck that. This is an RPG; it’s about unstable categories, insecure power relations and multiple narratives springing from the same event. In other words, it’s perfect for Mage."</cite> My personal favourite moment was the following:


“The Dirty Version explores Mage through the tabletop RPG medium as I see it: one with its own voice to offer, instead of something emulating a book, film or other medium. I have pretty strong opinions about this and think that many RPGs nowadays are the product of envy directed at more popular or arty media. That’s why we now have dozens of games that let you play a story as structured by somebody with a halfassed recollection of 100 year old literary theory that happened to get dumped in their heads during high school. Fuck that. This is an RPG; it’s about unstable categories, insecure power relations and multiple narratives springing from the same event. In other words, it’s perfect for Mage.”

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