“Ulfric is a paid shill! He’s totally in the Thalmor’s pocket”
“STFU noob, everyone knows high elves rule lol!”
Yeah, I can see it.
that reminds me of this xD
I’m running an Elder Scrolls D&D game right now and am having tons of fun with “unreliable narrator”. They hear everything from random people at bars, weirdos on the street, highway robber journals, etc.
I play games to escape reality.
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Great novel, “Stand On Zanzibar.” John Brunner. Written in 1969 and set in the early 21st Century.
Half the book is basic third person narration, but the rest is a mix of commercials, product reviews, legal papers, opinion pieces, TV transcripts, etc etc.
starred comment, thanks for this
Basically the notification system in City Skylines
Which every sane player tries to kill asap
What the rebels like to forget is that the Empire is what’s keeping the Dominion out of Skyrim.
It’s also what’s keeping the Dominion IN Skyrim
The wormhole leads to Tamriel now? And it’s all in a galaxy far, far away?
A lead-in cut scene for a game like Half-Life or Portal that ostensibly takes place in a workplace, where the back story is just a bunch of reply-all emails, a passive aggressive birthday card message, and increasingly poor performance reviews.
“I’m not exactly sure how this started, other than on the Finance floor, and somehow having to do with bringing a pie to a birthday lunch and not cake. These people are sick. I don’t even know if I’m a good guy, or a bad guy. There’s a huge difference, but I can’t even tell.”
Deus Ex?
So… lore wikis?
Obra Din but instead of being a magical detective you just need to touch grass
This game sounds like hell for me.
The lite version of this is used in plenty of games. Undertale and Pokémon Rocket Edition are two that come to mind.
I kind of planning to do like exactly that.
so dwarf fortress?