Week 7 Blog

ABOUT THE READING In Between Acting and Narrating: Editors' Introduction to "Tabletop Systems," I was supprised at just how popular these table top RPG’s really were. I never got into them myself but have always thought it might be fun to try. I always had this bias though that those kind of games were only for nerds. I was also surprised to learn that many of the RPG’s were available as a PDF and some even were exclusively PDF only. I also learned from this excerpt that there is a Call of Cthulhu card game that was a collectable game. I think it would be interesting to play that if I could ever find it as well as the board game of Call of Cthulhu. In Narrative Structure and Creative Tension in Call of Cthulhu it talks about how the game of Call of Cthulhu is a kind of story telling game rather than a traditional Dungeons & Dragons type game. I am a little worried that I won’t know what I am doing when it comes to leading the game and hope that the material is enough to get me going. I did like how it explained what to do in the reading… 1) A mystery or crisis is posed. . . 2) The investigators become linked to the problem. . . 3) The investigators attempt to define the mystery. . . 4) The investigators use the clues and evidence to confront the danger. . . 5) The mystery or problem is solved. ABOUT THE GAMING I actually downloaded the FPS Call of Cthulhu to see what it was like even though it was not an assignment, I wanted to see what it was like since FPS is my favorite type of game. I enjoyed it although it is a little different than any other FPS that I have ever played. I also have been continuing to play Resident Evil. I got further with the help of some better online players than myself. I like how the levels of Resident Evil seem impossible to finish. I also like that feeling of accomplishment when you finally do beat them. I am really finding it hard to force myself into the story mode of GTA, I have always just liked running around in the world causing havoc. I need to focus more and get the story done and stop getting side tracked with my own adventures.