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Ken Hite's Out of the Box is coming back

Started by walkerp, September 06, 2008, 07:10:11 AM

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TonyLB

#15
September 06, 2008, 06:30:04 PM
Quote from: GameDaddy;245079I'll use a metaphor, so you can grok my ulterior motives for yourself. It's kind of like when someone is sneaking up behind you to backstab you, or if you witness two third parties, and see one shooting the other in the back. How do you respond?
I think you're taking the internet wayyyyyy too seriously when you compare one person expressing disdain for someone's work to another person committing murder.
Superheroes with heart:  Capes!

Settembrini

#16
September 06, 2008, 07:07:20 PM
Oh boy, this site has had a fucking consensus that Hite was a lamer these days.

Where has taste and reading ability gone? Anyhoo, I´d like a link to a quality article from, say 2007. Show me one, pretty please.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Settembrini

#17
September 06, 2008, 07:10:44 PM
GD: Are you for realz? You must be a troll or somesuch. Fuck, if you want to run around this place correcting all the "wrong" opinions people might have, you´re in for a big shock/job. Especially if you challenge the nature of gaming debates themselves. Little brained GD-Dude: Different opinions are based on the same facts, that´s the first step in understanding human society. Oh, and democracy, moron.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

Settembrini

#18
September 06, 2008, 07:11:47 PM
Quote from: Koltar;245086Probably the same reason I would praise him, Sett - Hite has written some good stuff in the past. He has contributed to SJ Games & GURPS, so thats how I know his name.

- Ed C.

In the last five years? The last good stuff I´ve seen was Suppressed Transmission. But that would never work again, cause now there´s wikipedia.
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

walkerp

#19
September 06, 2008, 07:19:56 PM
Mad playa hatin' in the house!
"The difference between being fascinated with RPGs and being fascinated with the RPG industry is akin to the difference between being fascinated with sex and being fascinated with masturbation. Not that there\'s anything wrong with jerking off, but don\'t fool yourself into thinking you\'re getting laid." —Aos

Settembrini

#20
September 06, 2008, 07:23:50 PM
Stupid d20-hater-RPG.Net-gloffnick impersonating kyle in da house?
If there can\'t be a TPK against the will of the players it\'s not an RPG.- Pierce Inverarity

David R

#21
September 06, 2008, 07:48:45 PM
Quote from: Settembrini;245135Oh boy, this site has had a fucking consensus that Hite was a lamer these days.

Where has taste and reading ability gone? Anyhoo, I´d like a link to a quality article from, say 2007. Show me one, pretty please.

First Dancey now Hite. You're turning on all your heroes aren't you Sett. This site never did have a consensus. Stop trying to turn this place into a groupthink cesspool.

Regards,
David R

TonyLB

#22
September 06, 2008, 07:50:30 PM
Quote from: David R;245165This site never did have a consensus. Stop trying to turn this place into a groupthink cesspool.
I believe the consensus may be more clearly visible once you remove the opinions of all the people who aren't really part of the site in Sett's worldview.
Superheroes with heart:  Capes!

Aos

#23
September 06, 2008, 07:51:37 PM
Thank God for you Sett! Otherwise, how would we know what to like?
You are posting in a troll thread.

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David R

#24
September 06, 2008, 07:52:46 PM
I could tell you what to like more importantly I could tell you what to hate.

Regards,
David R

walkerp

#25
September 08, 2008, 07:33:28 PM
So the first column is out and it's not particularly inspiring, more of an introduction I guess. I was hoping for a bit more crispy, crunchy meat right out of the gate.  We'll see.

http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/outofthebox/

For those of you seeking clarification on Hite's gaming values, he speaks to them in his latest livejournal:

QuoteThey [his biases] include, in no specific order, "Westerns should have more games about them," "Game designers matter, game companies rather less so," "Elegance is a virtue," and "Call of Cthulhu is the greatest RPG of all time." I have others, which I'm sure a Straussian close reading of my summa can bring out.
"The difference between being fascinated with RPGs and being fascinated with the RPG industry is akin to the difference between being fascinated with sex and being fascinated with masturbation. Not that there\'s anything wrong with jerking off, but don\'t fool yourself into thinking you\'re getting laid." —Aos

Spinachcat

#26
September 08, 2008, 09:43:58 PM
IPR =/= Forge

Although I am no big fan of IPR, it must be noted that not all their stuff is Forgie Swinecrap.   Lots of it is small press, just not the stuff that gets featured the most.

As for Ken Hite, he's hit & miss like most columnists.  However, Ken was the only guy talking hobby financials with any degree of accuracy for a long time so kudos to him for that.

Koltar

#27
September 09, 2008, 12:12:14 AM
Quote from: Settembrini;245141In the last five years? The last good stuff I´ve seen was Suppressed Transmission. But that would never work again, cause now there´s wikipedia.

Within the last FIVE years???

Hhmm,...Oh yeah, HECK  'a YEAH!

Just noticed this copy of GURPS: INFINITE WORLDS sitting near me on a desk. That book was piublished in February of 2005.

Kenneth Hite is the primary author of that one, some pretty damn good writing in there and ideas for RPG campaigns - so YEAh He HAS written some good stuff within the last 5 years.


- Ed C.


on a sidenote: GameDaddy is NOT a "Troll" - he just works a lot and doesn't look at his computer that often. He shops at the strore I work at , and was my ride to GenCon last month. He has a pretty impressive memory of RPG history.
The return of \'You can\'t take the Sky From me!\'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUn-eN8mkDw&feature=rec-fresh+div

This is what a really cool FANTASY RPG should be like :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-WnjVUBDbs

Still here, still alive, at least Seven years now...
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