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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 5178451" data-attributes="member: 2205">Wait... so, your game isn't run in sessions?&nbsp; Do you have some kind of continuous gaming paradigm going on?&nbsp; Play by post or something? That seems like a needlessly pedantic nitpick.&nbsp; If you don't have scenes, then nothing actually happens in your game.&nbsp; Or; there's no pacing control.&nbsp; Everything happens in realtime.&nbsp; You never fast-forward to the exciting stuff.&nbsp; A random encouner in the wilderness would be, for instance, a &quot;scene.&quot;&nbsp; Without scenes, you have to play out the entire journey.&nbsp; Every step of the way.I don't think you really mean that there's no scenes.&nbsp; I think you're distorting the meaning of the word beyond common usage to advance some kind of pro-sandbox agenda.Of course games have scenes.&nbsp; Of course they have sessions (which may or may not resemble chapters or episodes to some degree or another.)&nbsp; Even the most sandboxish game I can possibly imagine would be impossible to run otherwise. That doesn't make them &quot;not story arcs.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 5178451, member: 2205"] Wait... so, your game isn't run in sessions? Do you have some kind of continuous gaming paradigm going on? Play by post or something? That seems like a needlessly pedantic nitpick. If you don't have scenes, then nothing actually happens in your game. Or; there's no pacing control. Everything happens in realtime. You never fast-forward to the exciting stuff. A random encouner in the wilderness would be, for instance, a "scene." Without scenes, you have to play out the entire journey. Every step of the way. I don't think you really mean that there's no scenes. I think you're distorting the meaning of the word beyond common usage to advance some kind of pro-sandbox agenda. Of course games have scenes. Of course they have sessions (which may or may not resemble chapters or episodes to some degree or another.) Even the most sandboxish game I can possibly imagine would be impossible to run otherwise. That doesn't make them "not story arcs." [/QUOTE]

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