Re: My 2 cents on the TADS entries


12 Oct 1995 18:59:12 GMT

In article <45hg59$oor@castor.usc.edu>,
Jacob Solomon Weinstein <jweinste@castor.usc.edu> wrote:
>THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY: An absolutely wonderful game.

Agreed. I'm surprised it didn't win the TADS section.

>I suspect that the
>people who didn't like it may not have approached it in quite the right
>way.

Of course, there's no "right way", but I, too, have a feeling that a lot of
"The One's" detractors haven't really given the game a chance.

>I'm a sucker for stories
>that treat fantasy topics with the sort of rigor you usually see in
>science fiction.

In case you haven't read them yet, let me recommend Roger Zelazny's
_Amber_ books; they're flawed in many ways, and he's written books
that are far better as literature, but the way he treats magic is
delightful. And, of course, many of Jack Vance's books also have this
attitude to magic.

>UNDO: If The One is an IF short-short story, Undo is a limerick. It's
>extremely clever and witty, but it's over much too soon. Or maybe
>it's a haiku. Or is it z koan? Whatever the case, I
>enjoyed it while it lasted, but there just wasn't enough.

I'm beginning to regret that I wasn't able to enjoy that game very
much; I can understand why you people liked it, but it was far too
frustrating for me really to enjoy it. But that's perhaps more my
fault than Neil's.

Magnus