Author: John Schmidt (---.xmission.com)
Date: 10-31-2001 11:58
I agree that there has been a trend in movies to visual shock viewers over the methods employed by Hitchcock or Poe. I will not debate the merits of one style over another.
Mr. McKegg stated, "More flexible than fantasy, more complex than cyberpunk, horror is a genre that challenges us on both an intellectual and emotional level. Horror games are about character and interaction more than most other roleplaying games. At least that is how I see it, others may disagree."
Not only do I disagree, I am rather shocked (and perhaps that was the whole point of the statement to begin with) that you would throw that type of blanket statement out there. Do NOT blame a RPG for the manner that a Game Master may opt to run a game. What I take away from Mr. McKegg's statement is that 'fantasy and sci-fi games are one dimensional and even SIMPLISTIC but horror forces you to think and interact...i.e. forcing you to ROLEPLAY.'
Anything that came after that was lost on me. I felt slighted, that I was somehow less of a gamer or writer, because of my interest in genres other than horror. If Mr. McKegg’s intention was to insult those of us who enjoy fantasy and sci-fi genres then he succeeded, at least with me. As a published author for both fantasy and cyberpunk genres, I wouldn’t rate the article highly due to the fact that I never got past the initial elitist remarks.
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