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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8442820" data-attributes="member: 177">As you point out, there's no one standard academic theory for literary discussion either.&nbsp; The problem is less that there isn't one, and more that they generally aren't formalized, or even have accepted names - when you refer to Marxist theory, or psychoanalytic theory that, when mentioned, give folks at least a general idea of the theme of discussion.And, maybe we don't need them.&nbsp; But, lacking them, what we really do need is to recognize that we have different goals of play - we are seeking different broad experiences, and in general our framework for considering a game or a practice really ought to be one that is geared toward that desired experience. And, we should then realize that if we heavily favor one experience, that's our preference, and there's nothing bloody wrong with folks wanting something else, and stop arguing as if we were Protectors of the Soul of RPGs.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8442820, member: 177"] As you point out, there's no one standard academic theory for literary discussion either. The problem is less that there isn't one, and more that they generally aren't formalized, or even have accepted names - when you refer to Marxist theory, or psychoanalytic theory that, when mentioned, give folks at least a general idea of the theme of discussion. And, maybe we don't need them. But, lacking them, what we really do need is to recognize that we have different [I]goals of play[/I] - we are seeking different broad experiences, and in general our framework for considering a game or a practice really ought to be one that is geared toward that desired experience. And, we should then realize that if we heavily favor one experience, that's our preference, and there's nothing bloody wrong with folks wanting something else, and stop arguing as if we were Protectors of the Soul of RPGs. [/QUOTE]

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