From:	Raveness Ravensbane ravenessravensbane@*****.com
Subject:	FASA Trademarks
Date:	Mon, 12 Jun 2000 07:45:37 -0700 (PDT)

> >Manolis Skoulikas wrote:
> >>the first mention of the Matrix I know about
> is in the books of
> W.Gibson
> >>(the Neuromancer, Count Zero,Virtual Light,
> etc). That was back in the
> >>1980's. Isn't that where FASA got the name
> from?
>
> >Exactly...and not only the name, but the
> general style. I'm sure you've
> seen the >other movie based on Gibson's books, Johny
> Mnemonic. The
> similarities >between the movie, the books and
> Shadowrun's Matrix, are too
> many! Matrix, >the movie, is too based on Gibson's
> books, but not as Johny
> Mnemonic did. >The creator's have said so.
>
> Shadowrun was going to originally be vanilla
> cyberpunk, based heavily on
> Mr Gibson. Only Cyberpunk 2020 (or whatever it is
> called) beat them to the
> printers, so to save their idea FASA inserted magic
> into the mix.

I like the magic part...It spices things up.

====~Raveness

http://www.sova.net/trish/roleplaying/shadowrun/pocketsecretary/

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