Narrative Control - Episode 48

Narrative Control

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Hi, welcome back to Narrative Control. This episode starts with a response to an interview with Kenneth Hite and continues with Fattig and I describing games and stories that scare us, and our attraction to them.

Hosts: Sean Nittner and Eric Fattig

Length: 48:38

Show Notes

[00:27] Intro to the show. Our response to Canon Puncture #57, an interview with Kenneth Hite. [01:19] A clip from the Canon Puncture show. “What is it about Cthulhu that is so grabby to gamers?” [02:14] Ever get the feeling that nothing you do matters? Why we’re drawn to this subject. [03:04] Do things that are meaningful and exciting to you and your life will have meaning… or it won’t. [04:13] Referencing the Canon Puncture show. Horror techniques in the latter half of the episode. http://www.canonpuncture.com/?p=57 [04:48] Why do we come to horror in the first place? [05:36] We tell ourselves stories to marginalize our own fears and separate them. [08:00] A common sense of insignificance. [09:11] An apathy we experience knowing we’ll never stop the universe from falling apart. [10:28] Horror lets us try to punch inevitability in the face. [11:26] Agent Smith from the Matrix: The symbol of inevitability. [14:08] The “One Ring”: A symbol of corruption. [17:38] To fight the evil, you need to pick up the sword: The man apart. [19:21] The protagonists of RPGs a usually outside of the society they protect. [20:16] Showing PCs in relationships they can’t maintain because they are different: Gaming Gold. [20:34] L5R Example: Samurai who cannot maintain families. [24:32] Dresden Files example: Balancing mundane and supernatural worlds. [29:08] A powerful and moving evil must stand for something. The evil exist as a theme of the setting. [34:59] The bad guy is a good thing. Getting all the evil in one place so it can be punched in the face. [37:24] Example of the bad guy having a lot of meaning: Buffy, the hyena episode: The Pack [39:21] “It is not enough to succeed, others must fail” – Gore Vidal [42:27] The bad guy you know is right. ala Watchmen

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