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I don't think they do it either. Its a term that can apply to an in-game character's ability to do that sort of thing (and I know of a...

The only point where I think we might have differed is in some of the subtleties raised by @Don Durito, especially around skill systems...

Only the GM gets to warp reality.

You absolutely do gain some information about how a result was achieved in a video game. You can see the path of the bullet as it hits...

Only if you don't care about the tone and flavour of your RPGing.

Sure. And I slip between 1st-person “actor” perspective and a 3rd-person “director” perspective all the time depending on the game and...

The issue here is what D&D is supposed to be simulating. (Also I don't understand the Sim-meter comment - all games have secondary...

To be fair I've been reading a lot of the defences of the traditional GM role in this thread and thinking the whole time "you are...

No it didn't. It started by me saying the following: Now if you're telling me that special relativity leaves open the possibility that a...

As I just posted, I don't see any tension between thinking in character and establishing what my character remembers.

You can also have inhabitation of character and consciously author. I mean, here's an example: In the first of these quotes, @Gimby...

The player didn't say "Gee, I sure wish these runes were a map showing the way out". Here's what actually happened:

That's kind of dodging the issue; if the players are adding things midplay its nonsensical to talk about them warping reality; they're...

If nobody remembers well enough to contradict what’s happening now, than what happened a year ago isn’t really relevant.

I've found that when I say things like what I've quoted, I tend to get a reaction! Similarly to how, when I've posted about GMing that...