Well, this is interesting. I wouldn't want to do to others what I don't want to be done to myself. So, I would not participate in a game that would create any kind of damage or harm to any real entity. But as long as lets say going to a company's website to retrieve information, and use it for my character's advancement, without any form of prejudice to that website, then that is acceptable. What I like also is the mix of true and manufactured reality. I understand that it takes resources to pull that off, but the best experience is in the mix of both. What is the reason for being resistant to creating fictitious websites, resources? Money? or something else?
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:38 PM, david blanchard <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Maybe one way to address this issue is to start the game with a >> disclaimer like we sometimes see in movies ("this is a fiction and a >> parody"). It breaks the effect of surprise, but that may actually be a >> good thing here. >> >> > We could do this, I'm not sure our game is a parody but it's definitely a > fiction. It's a good idea. > Beyond this, on one side, because our game relies on the real web, we > cannot reinvent everything and we need to situate ourselves in the real > world. Real countries, real events must be part of the context in our game. > On the other side, we want to tell a story, therefore we need a minimal > control over the direction it takes; and because a story involves events and > characters, we need to create a fictional environment here - in order to > have the freedom to make the story evolve in the direction we chose and in > order to gain the absence of judgment we need when we do this (see > "Suspending moral judgment is not the immorality of the novel; it is its > morality" from Kundera on this for instance - > http://www.bookdaily.com/book/10531/testaments-betrayed-essay-in-nine-parts-an > ) > > So the way I see things is a minimal but strong fictional context that > naturally uses everything for which there is no ethical question (like tools > - all tools available on the web), and give ourselves the freedom to ask > ourselves, on a case to case basis, if it's ok to involve a real > organization/person, ok on an ethical basis, as Xav was suggesting. The idea > for me is to keep the freedom of choice all the time and not be toot bound > to any real organization/person so that it could create an issue later - > therefore we need strong fictional elements so that we can chose to include > or not real elements without impacting the core of the story. > > What do you think ? I'm not sure I'm very clear (english on these topics is > quite tough for me), please let me know I can elaborate. > > > D > _______________________________________________ > Farsides mailing list - [email protected] > > Wiki: http://farsides.com/ > List: http://farsides.com/ml/ > Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ > Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ > Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/ > -- Best, Alex Vachon cartouchecreations.com Follow me on Twitter <http://twitter.com/cartouchefilms> Follow me on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=602172865> Montreal Loves New York Loves Montreal<http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_135269469856078&ap=1> New York - Montreal - Vancouver
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