tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post2050510972769971850..comments2024-03-09T19:23:22.482-03:00Comments on The RPGPundit: Thinking of Game Design as the Whole PackageRPGPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-28787614073523904622015-06-24T20:06:04.095-04:002015-06-24T20:06:04.095-04:00The Monkees were great from '66 to '68.The Monkees were great from '66 to '68. Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-3495784988618056382015-06-24T20:05:28.523-04:002015-06-24T20:05:28.523-04:00Aside from lacking the songwriting and melodies an...Aside from lacking the songwriting and melodies and popular appeal and infouence if you want to pretend that, that's cool. Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-36918247826940676012015-06-23T18:55:56.334-04:002015-06-23T18:55:56.334-04:00Real talk, The Byrds were head and shoulders above...Real talk, The Byrds were head and shoulders above The Beatles, on every level except commercially. Jussayin'.<br /><br />- DYADestroyYouAlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713840319693422886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-11709299611952693952015-06-22T13:08:25.289-04:002015-06-22T13:08:25.289-04:00The Monkees were also a great band, though. Listen...The Monkees were also a great band, though. Listen to "Porpoise Song", "What am I doing hanging round", "you just may be the one", "Randy scouse git", "Look out (here comes tomorrow)", "The girl that I knew somewhere", "Circle Sky", etc. etc. <br />They're one of the most unfairly disparaged bands in music history.RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-9836354642424601172015-06-22T10:46:05.335-04:002015-06-22T10:46:05.335-04:00More like the Monkeys than the Byrds.More like the Monkeys than the Byrds.Saurondorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01592286228203662073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-43592865153954512622015-06-22T00:46:11.196-04:002015-06-22T00:46:11.196-04:00I've always been more of a Punk guy than a Met...I've always been more of a Punk guy than a Metal guy.<br /><br />But I don't know if Raggi is so much "Iron Maiden" as he's "Gwar". His 'metal' is taken to absurdities to the point of farce.RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-43395558958326509802015-06-21T16:12:17.959-04:002015-06-21T16:12:17.959-04:00Leaving aside the fact that Elvis certainly didn&#...Leaving aside the fact that Elvis certainly didn't "start it all," I suppose; if you mean he popularized it then I think you'd have to make Holmes/Mentzer/Moldvay your Elvis...this whole thing is getting very convoluted. <br /><br />Ol' Pundit...no idea what he'd be as I don't know much about him. Maybe Joe Strummer?<br /><br />No idea who Raggi is. I guess that makes him an American Idol contender. Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-85713236323903064882015-06-21T14:25:25.363-04:002015-06-21T14:25:25.363-04:00If we're talking rock'n'roll, Gygax wa...If we're talking rock'n'roll, Gygax was Elvis. He was one who started it all.<br /><br />If anyone's Johnny Rotten, it's RPGPundit himself. <br /><br />James Raggi is Steve Harris of Iron Maiden. Because Raggi is METAL<br /><br />Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-82292333705630235772015-06-21T13:35:25.796-04:002015-06-21T13:35:25.796-04:00Hmm...if Gygax was Dylan then the OSR crowd is ear...Hmm...if Gygax was Dylan then the OSR crowd is early Dylan-cap-wearing Donovan. <br /><br />Maybe Miller was George Harrison and All Things Must Pass if Gygax was Lennon & McCartney.Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-34926242305156486532015-06-21T13:32:51.606-04:002015-06-21T13:32:51.606-04:00Damn right they were. Even without Clark and Crosb...Damn right they were. Even without Clark and Crosby they were still pretty good.Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-62444756239484119842015-06-21T12:27:22.930-04:002015-06-21T12:27:22.930-04:00Donovan. He was Donovan.Donovan. He was Donovan.RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-28506744220002643302015-06-21T12:20:11.867-04:002015-06-21T12:20:11.867-04:00The Byrds were a really spectacular band. The Byrds were a really spectacular band. RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-33062538599506454502015-06-21T10:56:00.082-04:002015-06-21T10:56:00.082-04:00Marc Miller, of course, would be the Rolling Stone...Marc Miller, of course, would be the Rolling Stones except he never had a period where he was aping D&D so the comparison is not perfect. Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-11302890929053649322015-06-21T10:39:38.075-04:002015-06-21T10:39:38.075-04:00And Siembieda is the guy who heard the Beatles in ...And Siembieda is the guy who heard the Beatles in '64 and said, "I can do that, too!" and formed the Byrds. Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-47585863460903117002015-06-21T10:37:22.249-04:002015-06-21T10:37:22.249-04:00Mentzer is like the guy who takes a song by Lennon...Mentzer is like the guy who takes a song by Lennon-McCartney, neither of whom read music, and transcribes it for the songbook the rest of us buy to learn to play it. Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-32106554215851597952015-06-21T05:13:16.133-04:002015-06-21T05:13:16.133-04:00So, which RPG was Tales from Topographic Oceans? ...So, which RPG was Tales from Topographic Oceans? Deadlands? 7th Sea? One of White Wolf's more pretentious efforts?Tim (Kalyr)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00960811565368970485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-40677220312567131202015-06-20T22:10:49.629-04:002015-06-20T22:10:49.629-04:00Good post except that I would have said Kevin Simb...Good post except that I would have said Kevin Simbieda and Steve JacksonRobert Conleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03863009007381185340noreply@blogger.com