Ukomba said:
OT: Neat design. I laughed at "I shuffled a deck of cards once!"
I could get on board with more steampunk games.
Steampunk Feminists Vs. Zombies
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OT: Neat design. I laughed at "I shuffled a deck of cards once!"
I could get on board with more steampunk games.
I thought the idea was that its a risk and if I for example try and fail well that was the risk tough titty? Right?
I'm not much of a cynic so I'm gonna say... as much as is practical, probably using the rest to either expand the project itself, speed up its time table or fund a future project along similar lines. To me Anita Sarkeesian seems pretty dedicated to her Feminist Frequency Work and in my opinion is unlikely to belittle it by taking an undue cut for herself. But hey, that's just the opinion of an enthusiastic donor who wants to see the questions she raised addressed more and more often, so perhaps I'm more than a little bit biased.Pinky said:
Missed this on the initial read through.OtherSideofSky said:
To be honest your correct, one of the big problems with doing a "period" game is avoiding having all of the morality defined by the liberal outlook of the last few decades. The point of playing in unusual periods is to get away from the real world.
In games attempting to do this kind of thing, the locations that tend to work best for adventuring are the same settings they used in old adventure stories. Having Africa again be "the Dark Continent" or explorers and soldiers of The British Empire (on which the sun never sets) run afoul of dark magic in India or China. Battling enemies inspired by the likes of Fu Manchu. Hardly politically correct by today's standards but it captures the period, which doesn't hold up in terms of motivation, attitudes, etc... if you attempt to insert a modern morality into it.
I'd kind of point fingers at things like the old "Space 1889" game, along with various "Wierd West" games like "Deadlands" given that around the time the victorian stuff was going on in Europe, we had a lot of the late end western stuff going on down here in the US. Things like "The Wild Wild West" (the TV series, as much, or more so than the Will Smith vehicle) were touching on these elements. While set a bit earlier, than the "Steampunk" era, Robert Howard's "Solomon Kane" tales also work as decent inspiration as to what a hero who doesn't subscribe entirely to what is considered modern morality but is still a good guy might function like (Kane is a puritan and travels the world).
That said for those that read my babbling this far, those looking for a fix of "Steampunk" type goodness might consider taking a look at "Martian Dreams" on Good Old Games, which was just added as a FREE title not too long ago (and mentioned here on The Escapist). Elizabeth Cochran/Nellie Bly is even a playable character (one of your party members) and actually is one of the feminists of that period. Then of course there is "Arcanum" which is the best work in the genere (with magic thrown in) but that's a paid game to download, which I already mentioned.
I'll also say that Grey's art is clever since despite being feminists the only girl in that picture dressed anywhere near practically for zombie fighting is the one in the middle and she's the closest to the usual fantasy fair.
