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In the minority (my favorite genre isn't fantasy)

Started by Endless Flight, January 01, 2014, 05:58:46 PM

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TristramEvans

#75
January 11, 2014, 10:44:03 PM
Quote from: Tetsubo;722822Star Wars' archetypes go back further than that. There is a reason they put Luke Skywalker on the cover of an edition of Campbell's, Hero with a Thousand Faces.

Well, yeah, George was a big fan of the monomyth. But that sort of trancends genre.

GeekEclectic

#76
January 12, 2014, 08:20:01 AM
Quote from: 3rik;722794GURPS 3E Revised was my entry drug into the hobby, . . .
Whoa, me too!!! :jaw-dropping:
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Kiero

#77
January 12, 2014, 10:04:09 AM
Genres I like:
Historical
Space Opera (Mass Effect, not Star Wars)
S&S Fantasy
Modern Realism
Western
Pulp
Wuxia

Genres I am ambivalent about:
Supers
Cyberpunk
Post-apocalypse
Urban Fantasy
Space Opera (anything else, including Star Wars)
Dystopian futures

Genres I hate:
Crossovers of licensed properties
Horror
Steampunk
Tolkien-esque Fantasy
Dungeon fantasy
Classic Sci-fi
Furries
Anime
Shadowrun-style cyberpunk
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The Butcher

#78
January 12, 2014, 11:23:35 AM
I'm not really that much or that little into any given "genre" that I'd never, ever play it.

The only thing I can say is that intentionally comedic games like Paranoia or James Desborough's oWoD-satires don't really appeal to me. I prefer gaming humor as an emergent property of otherwise "serious" games.

Elfdart

#79
January 19, 2014, 02:03:27 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;7200201) Science Fiction
2) Science Fantasy
3) Fantasy


Those are my preferred genres, in order.

What's the difference between the three?
Jesus Fucking Christ, is this guy honestly that goddamned stupid? He can\'t understand the plot of a Star Wars film? We\'re not talking about "Rashomon" here, for fuck\'s sake. The plot is as linear as they come. If anything, the film tries too hard to fill in all the gaps. This guy must be a flaming retard.  --Mike Wong on Red Letter Moron\'s review of The Phantom Menace

jeff37923

#80
January 19, 2014, 03:35:38 PM
Quote from: Elfdart;724813What's the difference between the three?

I'll use the tennis analogy. Science fiction is tennis with most or all of the rules, science fantasy is tennis with the net down and a few of the rules, while fantasy is a sport played with racquets and a ball that just has to be consistant from game to game.
"Meh."

Elfdart

#81
January 30, 2014, 07:42:51 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;722824Well, yeah, George was a big fan of the monomyth. But that sort of trancends genre.

Good fiction almost always does. Star Wars is as much a western or a samurai film as it is a sci-fi movie. The differences between Star Wars, The Searchers, The Hidden Fortress and Arthurian legends are mostly about the props, sets and costumes.

When it comes to gaming inspiration, the "genre" I prefer is ADVENTURE. Westerns, espionage, myths, fairy tales, fantasy -anything involving heroes (I define the term very loosely) and their exploits will do.
Jesus Fucking Christ, is this guy honestly that goddamned stupid? He can\'t understand the plot of a Star Wars film? We\'re not talking about "Rashomon" here, for fuck\'s sake. The plot is as linear as they come. If anything, the film tries too hard to fill in all the gaps. This guy must be a flaming retard.  --Mike Wong on Red Letter Moron\'s review of The Phantom Menace
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