It's interesting, in many ways the psychological effect is not dissimilar to first experiences of RPGs in the early teens... It's sufficiently new and interesting to be forgiving of some less-than-developed rules. Like them or not, the indie-press revolution does represent something of a renaissance in gaming, where new products and experimentation was encouraged rather than castigated.
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Date: 2007-01-09 02:24 am (UTC)It's interesting, in many ways the psychological effect is not dissimilar to first experiences of RPGs in the early teens... It's sufficiently new and interesting to be forgiving of some less-than-developed rules. Like them or not, the indie-press revolution does represent something of a renaissance in gaming, where new products and experimentation was encouraged rather than castigated.