This is in the context of Exalted, but I think about it with Changeling, too.
I've also read a lot about gaming as literature, but mostly in the form of argumentation online which, now that I think of it, is not really very rigorous from a scholastic point of view. Still! I'm of the opinion that basically anything that can be read is a form of literature, but the dynamic is all weird. We're basically trying to read it while feeding input in from all directions at the time of writing.
I wonder about the idea of playing wrong. I suppose it's possible, in the sense that it's possible to read something incorrectly. It's also possible to play in bad faith. But if someone was paying attention and 'read', they probably have a reading of that character that's different then mine. Maybe dramatically different.
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Date: 2010-03-12 05:00 pm (UTC)I've also read a lot about gaming as literature, but mostly in the form of argumentation online which, now that I think of it, is not really very rigorous from a scholastic point of view. Still! I'm of the opinion that basically anything that can be read is a form of literature, but the dynamic is all weird. We're basically trying to read it while feeding input in from all directions at the time of writing.
I wonder about the idea of playing wrong. I suppose it's possible, in the sense that it's possible to read something incorrectly. It's also possible to play in bad faith. But if someone was paying attention and 'read', they probably have a reading of that character that's different then mine. Maybe dramatically different.