tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post7690865230034525970..comments2024-03-28T17:27:58.052-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: Game Writing, Writing Writing, “Lazy Writing”Zak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-54867869380513467232020-11-25T13:49:29.885-08:002020-11-25T13:49:29.885-08:00@Nyx
A good writer of poetry or fiction often poi...@Nyx<br /><br />A good writer of poetry or fiction often points out similarities in disparate things as well, but it was not this element I was focusing on.<br /><br />I was referring more to the style of description most often characteristic of the granular parts of writing they call "style". Like: some people say "my car" and some say "my powerful daimler"Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-71214057626198206812020-11-25T13:47:08.141-08:002020-11-25T13:47:08.141-08:00“... rather than wanting to know how to make famil...“... rather than wanting to know how to make familiar experiences different, we want to boil different experiences down to similarities...”<br />Is this not the operation of metaphorical thinking that is a element in poetics? Why not suppose that beneath its face, game mechanics are mathematical in nature; they describe the reality of the game world by the relationships of numbers. It’s useful because its predictable , consistent, and rigorous. But if you feel that contrasting the poetic world of the imagist is helpful to excavate the necessities of what it takes to write a game then by all means, do so. <br /><br />Nyxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-37858543484885151842020-11-25T09:34:56.297-08:002020-11-25T09:34:56.297-08:00Interesting.
I confess I use the term "lazy ...Interesting. <br />I confess I use the term "lazy writing", though it means another thing for me, more about "too lazy to proofread the text and notice you didn't fix the dialogue" sort of thing. <br />And, yes, Magneto's powers are sort of like this, but he has a ton of cool Power Stunts. Simon Tsevelevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713339519093556701noreply@blogger.com