Comments on: A Herd of Writers? Of Course I’ve Heard of Writers http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/26/a-herd-of-writers-of-course-ive-heard-of-writers/ Where Words and Imagination Meet Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Janet Berliner http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/26/a-herd-of-writers-of-course-ive-heard-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Janet Berliner Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:06:27 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/?p=348#comment-88 You do good work, Travellin' Man. You do good work, Travellin’ Man.

]]> By: Richard Dansky http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/26/a-herd-of-writers-of-course-ive-heard-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Richard Dansky Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:28:51 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/?p=348#comment-81 Dave - Thanks. It's just nice to let folks know that we've maybe moved beyond "shoot everything that moves" - at least occasionally - when it comes to game narrative. Sully - My fervent hope is that we're on our way to figuring out how to really take advantage of what games have to offer - interactivity - to start telling great game stories. If we pull it off, I'm thinking there just might be an audience out there who'd want us to do it again for them. Dave – Thanks. It’s just nice to let folks know that we’ve maybe moved beyond “shoot everything that moves” – at least occasionally – when it comes to game narrative.

Sully – My fervent hope is that we’re on our way to figuring out how to really take advantage of what games have to offer – interactivity – to start telling great game stories. If we pull it off, I’m thinking there just might be an audience out there who’d want us to do it again for them.

]]> By: Thomas Sullivan http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/26/a-herd-of-writers-of-course-ive-heard-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Thomas Sullivan Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:24:41 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/?p=348#comment-80 This isn't a niche problem. It's a universal problem. Entertainment, arts -- call it what you will -- the entrepreneurs will always seek the safest buck and reason that you can't underestimate the audience no matter how hard you try. It isn't really disrespect for the artist or the genre, it's disrespect for the audience. Sure, as an audience ourselves, we all can go with the flow of simplistic escapism when we are two degrees removed from sleep, but that doesn't mean most of our lives aren't spent with the capacity and the need) for fully realized representations in fiction and other media. -- Sully This isn’t a niche problem. It’s a universal problem. Entertainment, arts — call it what you will — the entrepreneurs will always seek the safest buck and reason that you can’t underestimate the audience no matter how hard you try. It isn’t really disrespect for the artist or the genre, it’s disrespect for the audience. Sure, as an audience ourselves, we all can go with the flow of simplistic escapism when we are two degrees removed from sleep, but that doesn’t mean most of our lives aren’t spent with the capacity and the need) for fully realized representations in fiction and other media.

– Sully

]]> By: David Niall Wilson http://storytellersunplugged.com/blog/2009/10/26/a-herd-of-writers-of-course-ive-heard-of-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-78 David Niall Wilson Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:03:54 +0000 http://storytellersunplugged.com/?p=348#comment-78 I think it's cool that you keep people outside the gaming community aware of the problems you face in that industry as writers. I think there are a lot of areas of life where writing is essential and taken for granted...sometimes we need to be reminded. Dave I think it’s cool that you keep people outside the gaming community aware of the problems you face in that industry as writers. I think there are a lot of areas of life where writing is essential and taken for granted…sometimes we need to be reminded.

Dave

]]>