From:	Twist0059@***.com Twist0059@***.com
Subject:	Wait and see. (Was SR Narrowing of focus)
Date:	Sun, 15 Aug 1999 21:15:05 EDT

In a message dated 8/15/99 5:46:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
bluewizard@*****.com writes:

>
> >What this topic was supposed to be about was the lack of atmosphere books
> >under Mike's direction.
>
> IMO you're waaayyyy off base here.
> If you had said "lack of atmosphere since SR3 come out" I might have
agreed
> with you.
> But IMO Mike M. has added MORE atmosphere since he took over.
> Since his run started we have seen several Target books which, while geared
> toward runners, certainly offer a better idea of the wide world out there.
> We also got IMO the two best "flavor" books out there ... PoaD, and Bug
> City!!!!
> Bug City is the PERFECT game for non-runners!
> You can have everyday people surviving behind the wall, reporters covering
> the situation from the front lines, etc. etc. ad infinitum!!!



Um, Bug City was Dowd. And PoaD wasn't atmosphere really, it was "here's an
event to shadowrun around". Mike actually said he never released an
atmosphere book (in our chat) because they don't sell as well as others.



-Twist