tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post800607737455480928..comments2024-03-15T11:16:44.045-04:00Comments on Delta's D&D Hotspot: The Dungeon Master by Sam LipsyteDeltahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-69645644935135422752019-03-13T21:31:41.694-04:002019-03-13T21:31:41.694-04:00Raising my hand to.Raising my hand to.A.F.W Juniorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868768368133083012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-18199642776743348622010-10-23T15:51:41.875-04:002010-10-23T15:51:41.875-04:00Raising my hand. This story looks nothing like any...Raising my hand. This story looks nothing like any of my D&D play experiences. The DM certainly did not ignore the rules for the purpose of abusing the players.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-32737077800951018032010-10-22T14:09:18.990-04:002010-10-22T14:09:18.990-04:00Guys. It's a story by a guy who is probably ou...Guys. It's a story by a guy who is probably our age, about playing D&D when he was a kid.<br /><br />Of course it's a jaundiced view of the game. Who didn't play a destructive pre-teen version of D&D? Show of hands, you aliens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-16565966367996147892010-10-01T14:58:22.023-04:002010-10-01T14:58:22.023-04:00It's really disappointing to see something thi...It's really disappointing to see something this tired and jaundiced. The New Yorker does, in fact, realise what a cliche it all is right?<br /><br />Yeah.. maybe they don't.migellitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17106614212764056058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-43548918365001294432010-10-01T13:42:35.573-04:002010-10-01T13:42:35.573-04:00Also, interesting short interview with the author....Also, interesting short interview with the author. Pinged my radar with "I guess my feeling was that all of those dice and graphs were ultimately there to create a narrative, and I could use words to do the same thing."<br /><br />Which I consider to be the classic novelist misunderstanding of the games-vs-stories continuum (e.g., Hickman), and synchronizes with some of the other ways I find this particular story to be skewed.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-9271704721100763682010-10-01T13:37:52.382-04:002010-10-01T13:37:52.382-04:00@Roger: I think I can agree with you on "the ...@Roger: I think I can agree with you on "the story reaches a base on balls". It's a good, fair review -- thanks for the link.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-24369315566340476342010-10-01T13:34:42.850-04:002010-10-01T13:34:42.850-04:00@Fitzerman: Except for how that scene is really ju...@Fitzerman: Except for how that scene is really just a trap ending in real-world tears and violence.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-64459541225303276652010-10-01T12:46:23.783-04:002010-10-01T12:46:23.783-04:00Well, it's not an exposé. It's a story th...Well, it's not an exposé. It's a story that uses the game as a medium to tell us things about the characters. Interestingly, when the DM finally relents in his sadism and plays the game "right", it's an empowering and imaginative experience for all the characters.TyBannermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13241483332119936529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-78194927546597897622010-10-01T12:04:31.504-04:002010-10-01T12:04:31.504-04:00Oops, link: HereOops, link: <a href="http://rolesrules.blogspot.com/2010/09/d-in-new-yorker.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a>Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-16884228035609911842010-10-01T12:03:25.760-04:002010-10-01T12:03:25.760-04:00I have a marginally more positive review of the st...I have a marginally more positive review of the story here.<br /><br />Even in more sympathetic "gaming insider" takes on D&D like Knights of the Dinner Table, the maladjusted greatly outnumber the adjusted ... there's something intrinsically more funny and interesting about a pathological campaign and players.<br /><br />The implication I read from the story is that the way they played, not the game they played, reflected or even caused their miserable life outcomes. A small difference, but an inch of progress nonetheless.Roger G-Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594440701279968693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-23553617178117415012010-10-01T11:23:21.941-04:002010-10-01T11:23:21.941-04:00How very 80s. What a throwback!
Then again, it wa...How very 80s. What a throwback!<br /><br />Then again, it was in the New Yorker...Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08596442998967851832noreply@blogger.com