tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post2550601930828499790..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: What Dies With Stan LeeScipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-41521658247308548452018-12-13T22:03:08.092-05:002018-12-13T22:03:08.092-05:00Reminds me of something we were discussing the oth...Reminds me of something we were discussing the other day in the RPGCodex forums, but about RPGs. Older Computer RPG designers were 70/80s kids that grew up with D&D, Tabletop Gaming, Classic Movies and Bands, etc. They took that for inspiration.<br /><br />Modern game designers grew up with the games these guys made, and use them for precedent. They design games based on games.<br />Slaughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06721640793198044711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-348213828959906752018-12-02T23:36:48.995-05:002018-12-02T23:36:48.995-05:00Glad to have you back, Scipio. I have been checkin...Glad to have you back, Scipio. I have been checking about once a week and was about to give up. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02335813878288048704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-40528314028051058292018-11-16T10:49:46.036-05:002018-11-16T10:49:46.036-05:00Ah, Scipio, you always make me think. I hadn't...Ah, Scipio, you always make me think. I hadn't really considered the unique perspective of someone who didn't have preexisting knowledge of comics. As comics become increasingly insular and self-referential, it's interesting to think about how that differs from Lee's open and accessible storytelling. Not to mention the creativity that springs from a blank canvas, rather than trying to stripmine years of existing continuity for more and more trivial story points. <br /><br />Glad you're back. Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-10279503829613406192018-11-14T20:01:12.413-05:002018-11-14T20:01:12.413-05:00This is very true. I'm always tempted to comp...This is very true. I'm always tempted to compare Lee's role in the comics industry with someone like Steve Jobs, more talented at marketing than anything else, quick to take credit, not always the nicest person. But it's not quite the same.<br /><br />Lee was problematic on so many levels and probably never in quite the right role in his career, but he might have been the only person in the industry to take his work seriously as a job, but never try to hold it up as important art. To my knowledge, he never used his platform to "fix" stories he grew up with, treated readers like idiots with no taste, or had a problem with people who didn't appreciate his work.<br /><br />That's really what the industry needs most of all.Johnnoreply@blogger.com