tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post7869782191901772511..comments2024-03-09T19:23:22.482-03:00Comments on The RPGPundit: RPGPundit Interviews: Alexander MacrisRPGPundithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-68540264158463981072015-04-27T15:20:49.924-04:002015-04-27T15:20:49.924-04:00It can mean that, I agree. It can also be used mor...It can mean that, I agree. It can also be used more appropriately, in the sense of its original definition: as a weird kind of trans-realism (like 'magical realism' on drugs). Where things very explicitly are supposed to make internal sense, even if the end result is something very crazy.<br /><br />How can I better explain this?<br /><br />Ok, so "Lost" is 'bad gonzo', because even as it claims that it makes sense it actually had no larger plan, never did, and was smug about how 'surreal' it was for its own sake.<br /><br />On the other hand, "Adventure Time" is GREAT Gonzo, because it's really crazy, but it generally DOES make sense (you gradually find out or can read-into the story that underlines the reason the world in Adventure Time is what it is), while not being in any way smug about how awesome it is.<br /><br />In RPG terms, the difference between a good and bad gonzo setting is that the bad one is pretty much like you describe: it's a world that makes no sense, and the designer is almost proud for that fact. He may as well have (and indeed, may well have) just rolled totally random tables to get his world and made no effort to tie it together coherently (though sometimes alluding to some kind of Super-Secret Purpose he doesn't care to discuss). <br />A good gonzo world can be totally weird and crazy and fucked up, but it actually can say "these fucked up things are the way they are because of a and b and c and d".RPGPundithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267330191433119298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2600947515654238699.post-79453950996580529802015-04-24T10:21:30.108-04:002015-04-24T10:21:30.108-04:00Lost all interest when "gonzo" was invok...Lost all interest when "gonzo" was invoked...gets thrown around and usually means "I think I'm being so cool with things that make no sense!"Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.com