tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post966776669299789330..comments2024-02-25T05:24:24.948-05:00Comments on Beyond Easy: Magic: The Gathering: The Worldbuilding: The Writeup (2 of 8)Patrick Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-12324759696411984312022-04-07T15:42:59.877-04:002022-04-07T15:42:59.877-04:00That was a great read thanks.
Welp, I think we...That was a great read thanks.<br /><br />Welp, I think we're getting close to the Mirage set, which is the last time I bought cards and when I stopped caring about Magic. Anyway, I liked it better when the art was less streamlined fantasy stuff and the quotes were from real authors and not from "Xyrguzk the Blade Whisperer, Last of the Maidens of Xorkhan the hkyyzkmlgt..."<br /><br />I just finished Elden Ring and you made me realize it's basically the same thing as Magic, except item descriptions are the equivalent of cards. It's just a bunch of free-floating "lore" without any plot or meeting any of the mentioned characters, give or take a few boss fights. Is raw lore that interesting? I suppose it's a nerd thing?<br /><br />It's like reading placards explaining random objects in an ancient history museum, except, well, not real. I guess that's what archeology feels like and must be the appeal of this kind of "free-floating lore" approach to worldbuilding. History can only be seen through random artifacts and has no "plot". I'm currently reading a book on Roman society and the authors are surprisingly upfront about not really knowing anything. Every chapter is basically like: "We've rounded up a few quotes from Cicero and Pliny the Younger, plus some random funeral inscriptions, and we can maybe assume winemaking was not profitable. Or maybe it was."PChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00135924533466912958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-38119488410312036782022-04-07T15:13:58.543-04:002022-04-07T15:13:58.543-04:00Its the kid thing. When we're young we're ...Its the kid thing. When we're young we're always blown away ny anything we encounter that's the first of its type to us. I first saw 2001 when inwas 14. Thought it was a revelation on par with the Bible or Babylonion Steel. Only when we're older we realize that all these childish things are just a hack of a hack of a ghost of the real thing. <br /><br />Thats part of why I refuse to replay old videogames i loved as a kid. Nostalgia only exists when remembered, not relived. That new experience supplants the old and that magic memory is gone forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-46576343033365250412022-04-07T13:06:44.999-04:002022-04-07T13:06:44.999-04:00I guess it did—but I was, what, twelve years old? ...I guess it did—but I was, what, twelve years old? Seemingly trivial things have profound impacts at that age. Charlie being in Street Fighter Alpha had me reeling. I lost sleep when Legion killing Professor Xavier and destroyed the timeline because I thought it was going to be permanent.<br /><br />I'm not sure whether I was a weird kid or if exposure to pop culture made me weird.Patrick Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02410016566636603639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8972120889629675714.post-7791543689505895892022-04-07T01:53:03.651-04:002022-04-07T01:53:03.651-04:00Magic: The Gathering: The Worldbuilding: The Write...Magic: The Gathering: The Worldbuilding: The Writeup: The Anonymous Comment 2<br /><br />"So you can imagine how shocked I was the first time my cousin dropped Eron the Relentless on the table during one of his weekend visits.<br /><br />"Eron the Relentless?" I gasped, recognizing his name from the flavor text of several cards in my collection. "That's him? He's real?"<br /><br />Was this the moment that you truly felt like a planeswalker? I imagine that world felt so real to you that this revelation had a profound impact. <br /><br />Lots of other great stuff in this post, but not the time to comment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com