tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post952526539178501028..comments2023-10-24T12:36:09.209+02:00Comments on The Solaris Editors' Blog: Mark Chadbourn on "Are RPGs Killing Fantasy?"David Moorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00886477189793178895noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-64747816625965040442007-10-05T17:50:00.000+02:002007-10-05T17:50:00.000+02:00That's a very true point. In terms of perceptions ...That's a very true point. In terms of perceptions of the genre, at the very least. I would wonder, however, just how limiting to those in the genre it would be--we all know and love how wide the genre is, but is this new stuff limiting in anyway? I suspect not in essence. I mean, the effect of the Lord of the Rings films and then the books again had an immense impact on all media, and we in literature have moved on.<BR/><BR/>Ironically, I suspect it's this newer gaming industry that is having its turn in Tolkien's shadow...<BR/><BR/>An interesting discussion would be how many people who play the RPGs, especially online, actually buy and read fantasy books? Do they even have the time?Mark Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829431641572291176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-36559626048250930412007-10-05T17:38:00.000+02:002007-10-05T17:38:00.000+02:00Mainstream acceptance of fantasy tropes broadens t...Mainstream acceptance of fantasy tropes broadens the market for fantasy literature, and makes fantasy writers work harder to seem fresh and innovative. It has to be good for us readers, right?Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328347167113836522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-40368815847342979272007-10-05T14:15:00.000+02:002007-10-05T14:15:00.000+02:00I think that's off the point a little. Mark's blog...I think that's off the point a little. Mark's blog post is more to do with how saturated culture is with it today, and how at a gross level it has changed expectations of literature from a fantasy writer's perspective. And I think he's got a very interesting point to make. Whenever something hits the mainstream, especially at this level, it gets diluted a little, and it's how writers can now keep up strength and innovation in the genre.Mark Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04829431641572291176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33102309.post-5832414997546426682007-10-05T13:14:00.000+02:002007-10-05T13:14:00.000+02:00Well, Dungeons & Dragons was first published in 19...Well, Dungeons & Dragons was first published in 1974, so RPGs have been around for more than 30 years. And they cheerfully appropriated every stick of high fantasy furniture they could find. It's the corspe of that I suspect the comptuer-based RPGs have been feeding from. And have certainly grown fat upon...Ian Saleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15375389971610069381noreply@blogger.com