Interesting Read on RPG games: The Amateur - 'Progression'

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To save you the scrolling, small extracts/teasers :P

The Amateru - 'Progression'

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MTV News' Stephen Totilo recently argued that the defining characteristic of role-playing games is playing a role; and by that definition, included LittleBigPlanet, Guitar Hero and Spore as great role-playing games he had played recently. I am forced to disagree with Stephen's definition: while semantically correct, he is disingenuously expanding the computer genre to encompass most, if not all games.

Tied in with it is a discussion about Negative Character Development

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That's where negative character development (undevelopment?) comes to the rescue: you start with all of your skills available, and as the game progresses you are asked to remove them.

And there is more that this is part of:

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NOTE: Although Andrew's piece reads as a standalone article, it is part of his larger series on 'Designing a Magic System', which you may wish to read after finishing this.

I hope you all enjoy the read as much as I did. :)