tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post3717660573510843543..comments2023-05-27T11:14:02.426-04:00Comments on Some Space to Think: Romancing the KindleAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216103531396452644noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-88969999562091326452010-07-14T19:04:08.518-04:002010-07-14T19:04:08.518-04:00So far as "good stuff vs stuff to avoid"...So far as "good stuff vs stuff to avoid" you can't go past sites like Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books -- where the good, versus the risibly bad are cheerfully reviewed.<br /><br />They are also a goldmine for stuff like links to parody videos of twilight, with Bella substituted for a cheeseburger...Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06626499147510925185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-48713147289821469152010-03-03T07:51:42.061-05:002010-03-03T07:51:42.061-05:00First, Diana Gabaldon is awesome, and your wife i...First, Diana Gabaldon is awesome, and your wife is awesome for reading her works. The Outlander series, right?<br /><br />Second, [1] /is/ freaking brilliant. I don't know why more authors don't do things like that. I wish Jim Butcher knew about that. :-P<br /><br />Third, I half-agree with the "ham-fisted" comment, though I think it really depends on the purpose of the rules in the nature of the fiction. I mean, I think Burning Wheel has some excellent Social Combat stuff, but its goal is different from D&Ds Persuade.<br /><br />I don't have anything real to add, really. This comment is kind of useless. :-P<br /><br />Noah<br /><br />p.s. Going to Origins this year?Noahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17219678892120221378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-89718821597386742102010-03-03T07:46:15.610-05:002010-03-03T07:46:15.610-05:00@Pym Be warned, it's a powerful crapshoot. The...@Pym Be warned, it's a powerful crapshoot. There's good stuff in the market, and some really, really, really, really, profoundly terrible stuff.<br /><br />I should get a list from her at some point.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216103531396452644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-24258104984114938482010-03-03T07:40:15.328-05:002010-03-03T07:40:15.328-05:00Ok, I had to buy a romance ebook for my nook. If D...Ok, I had to buy a romance ebook for my nook. If Deb thinks it's worth reading, it must be more interesting than I thought most romance novels were.-https://www.blogger.com/profile/17769253537829368771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-64639044690641961452010-03-02T22:58:56.946-05:002010-03-02T22:58:56.946-05:00@biff:
We are a two-Kindle household. I like chea...@biff:<br /><br />We are a two-Kindle household. I like cheap genre fiction, and the Mrs. likes enormous David Foster Wallace doorstops. Both are ideally suited to the Kindle.<br /><br />We have both devices linked to one amazon account (mine). When you purchase a book from the Kindle itself, it automatically downloads to the purchasing device only. From the amazon.com site, you can send it to either device.<br /><br />On the device that did not download the book, the purchase still appears in the 'archived items' folder and can be downloaded to the second device as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169295793441264376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-62665106546255224012010-03-02T18:05:03.508-05:002010-03-02T18:05:03.508-05:00So far, I have avoided jumping on the Kindle-waggo...So far, I have avoided jumping on the Kindle-waggon for a number of reasons. Your post has given me more cause for concern.<br /><br />Should you become a two Kindle house hold:<br />1) Can two Kindles share the same account?<br />2) If not, can you transfer purchases from the original account to the new account?<br />2) Also, I wonder how long before we see the first divorce case where couples fight for custody of the digital bookshelf?<br /><br />Hmmm...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-86811065875225616192010-03-02T17:58:57.653-05:002010-03-02T17:58:57.653-05:00I've ran games over text chat that heavily fea...I've ran games over text chat that heavily featured romance, however I'm very wary of bringing RP romance into face-to-face games. There are a few reasons for this.<br /><br />It's awkward for most people to role-play emotional attachment with a character when it's a another heterosexual guy RP'ing the prospective partner. Not usually something gaming buddies are comfortable exploring. However over a text medium it's easier to get lost in the imaginings of the character rather than be preoccupied by the player acting that character out. <br /><br />Even when it's a member of the opposite sex you're playing across from, there are some inconvenient questions arising from romantic gameplay... the line between flirting and RP can get blurry. Interestingly, it's been my experience that comfortable female GM's have less hangups initiating this sort of gameplay then guys. <br /><br />Anyhow, here's a point in-favor of a good social system that makes sense beyond the arbitrary "I be social":<br /><br />If the system can create justification why and the effects of how a given character feels about certain things in his life, this removes some of the awkwardness from playing out their attachment for that thing or person. As in all things, if the system is an impartial arbitrator that is sensical enough that all parties agree it's more or less correct, then it removes most of the trust issues between the GM and the players which I think is the root of my argument.<br /><br />Incidentally I've had some recent revelations on social systems that I really think could change the way gamers see them, I'll have to mention them to you sometime.Helmsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05248835491973291242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-89008396707182712692010-03-02T12:36:51.294-05:002010-03-02T12:36:51.294-05:00That is a fantastic way to model it!That is a fantastic way to model it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216103531396452644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-72850632490895614172010-03-02T12:07:44.267-05:002010-03-02T12:07:44.267-05:00I think a romance rpg has to have the player creat...I think a romance rpg has to have the player create the romantic partner over time. And when the partner is fully defined as a character then the romance is complete.<br /><br />It begins with something small that attracts the character's attention. The gamemaster then starts adding obstacles that must be overcome, and as they are overcome the partner is rewarded with greater definition. But it is the player that provides that definition.<br /><br />I think very few people really know why romance works and this is the problem in gaming it (at least given the number of poleaxed expressions I've seen at weddings and proposals). They know that they have found it, but the why often escapes them, save in retrospective.<br /><br />And it is the predestination, this guarantee of eventual success, of achieving not just a happy ending but a glorious ending, that makes romance novels so attractive to their readers.<br /><br />In other games, I find it fun to remember that historically the arrows of Eros/Cupid were considered a curse rather than a blessing. Romantic love was the cause of more problems than happy endings.<br /><br />[Romance is, of course, quite distinct from seduction and sex, both of which are readily handled by most game systems.]Reverance Pavanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217657347160811310noreply@blogger.com