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Ide · 04-28-2008, 04:18 PM

Yeah, I agree -- but I was kind of responding to KaVir, in that when you get to a certain point of technology it usually veers off into Science Fantasy, for the reason explained in the quote from Clarke.

While I would be totally down with a mud that pushed at genetics, nanotechnology, quantum technology, xenobiology, etcetera...I still don't know if it wouldn't feel like Science Fantasy when all is said and done. The alternative seems to be cyberpunk, which swaps Fantasy for a grittier kind of reality (except in the case of Cyberpunk Fantasy, like Shadowrun, I guess). However what we're really talking about here is HARD SF, which is distinct from cyberpunk as far as genres go. Hard SF is great and all, but how do you represent it in a game in a fun way?

04-28-2008, 04:18 PM	#6
Ide Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 361	Re: Science or Fiction? Yeah, I agree -- but I was kind of responding to KaVir, in that when you get to a certain point of technology it usually veers off into Science Fantasy, for the reason explained in the quote from Clarke. While I would be totally down with a mud that pushed at genetics, nanotechnology, quantum technology, xenobiology, etcetera...I still don't know if it wouldn't feel like Science Fantasy when all is said and done. The alternative seems to be cyberpunk, which swaps Fantasy for a grittier kind of reality (except in the case of Cyberpunk Fantasy, like Shadowrun, I guess). However what we're really talking about here is *HARD SF*, which is distinct from cyberpunk as far as genres go. Hard SF is great and all, but how do you represent it in a game in a fun way?