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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>On Eric’s mordant but fundamental remarks:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>In big-name gaming, we are already settled mostly
with Hollywood scenarios, so it’s not clear that the Story Web would make
things any worse. It opens the possibility for two effects:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>One may be simply to augment the power and ideology
of existing gaming narrative, creating greater immersion and arguably with it
less critical awareness on the part of players. That’s a real possibility
and danger.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The other is that it allows some more
independent-minded people to create plots that take players somewhere different—as
I said in terms of sophistication, moral grey areas, lack of neat endings and
so on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>The issue of the quality of writing itself may matter
less. One should expect much less than wonderful stuff. But as with other mods,
these contributions often drop out of the picture as their reputation gets
around. Alexander Galloway had a look at the idea, and suggested formalising
this, so that players could choose to see ratings for each story strand.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>--Julian</span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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