Message no. 1

From:	Eric JL Nute <nute@*********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Roleplaying in 205X
Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 1998 15:11:30 -0700

At 05:30 PM 6/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>Well, here's a little bit of NERPS to play with... what would
role-playing be
>>like in 205X? After all, while simsense would be fun, it doesn't have the
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>A simsense-like experience (i.e., near-total immersion) in a hybrid of
>something like Doom (for the POV) and Shadowrun for the complexity and
>variety of possibilities that is also fully networked so you can interact
>with your buddies/teammates.
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>Erik J.
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In one of the Deep Space Nine episodes, the group of them are living out
some spy novel. My wife blurts outs - "Gee, they're role-playing just like
you." In 205X, simsense seems the way it would be. I doubt, however, that
the disenfrachised really play much fantasy. More likely the kids of the
corporates.

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Eric Nute