Why so anti-Palladium

[Karl Green]

Herpes Unlimited?! Damn! Palladium really knows how to market to kids!

D'oh... I broke a finger this last weekend, and I am relearning to type with one less digit, and I am all messed up

 

[King of Old School]

According to Ken Hite...

I love Ken Hite's work and think he is arguably the most brilliant writer in gaming, but the C&GR numbers are worse than useless. Using them fails to take into account the vast, vast difference between the way most comics shops are run, and most game shops are run (hint: few comics shops will curtail their selection of Marvel comics because the owner is a DC fanboy, frex). The words "self-selecting" should tell you all you need to know about the credibility of the survey results.

KoOS

 

[Desdichado]

I love Ken Hite's work and think he is arguably the most brilliant writer in gaming, but the C&GR numbers are worse than useless.

Which he even says in the very next sentence.

 

[Karl Green]

I should just let this die, but can't!!!

Seen the book at FLGS...first page, by Kevin S “1988 before the X-Files, before Buffy, Before Vampire: the Masquerade there was Beyond the Supernatural!”

Games that I have on my book shelf that tell me otherwise…
Call of Cthulhu, 1981
Bureau 13, 1983
Chill, 1984
Ghostbusters, 1986
GURPS, Horror, 1987


So does Kevin get it???? What is he smoking?

 

[Crothian]

I should just let this die, but can't!!!

Seen the book at FLGS...first page, by Kevin S “1988 before the X-Files, before Buffy, Before Vampire: the Masquerade there was Beyond the Supernatural!”

Games that I have on my book shelf that tell me otherwise…
Call of Cthulhu, 1981
Bureau 13, 1983
Chill, 1984
Ghostbusters, 1986
GURPS, Horror, 1987


So does Kevin get it???? What is he smoking?

It's an advertisement, of course its misleading. Of course I have no idea what "it" is that he may or may not be getting.

 

[Nisarg]

I should just let this die, but can't!!!

Seen the book at FLGS...first page, by Kevin S “1988 before the X-Files, before Buffy, Before Vampire: the Masquerade there was Beyond the Supernatural!”

Games that I have on my book shelf that tell me otherwise…
Call of Cthulhu, 1981
Bureau 13, 1983
Chill, 1984
Ghostbusters, 1986
GURPS, Horror, 1987


So does Kevin get it???? What is he smoking?

Um, I don't actually see the problem with this statement.. In KS's intro, he didn't mention ANY of the games you mentioned. He said BTS was before x-files, it was. Before buffy, which it was, and before Vampire, which it was.

Now, if you can show me a quote where he says it was actually the very first horror RPG out there, then you've got a point. But this isn't that smoking gun.

Nisarg

 

[Gundark]

Um, I don't actually see the problem with this statement.. In KS's intro, he didn't mention ANY of the games you mentioned. He said BTS was before x-files, it was. Before buffy, which it was, and before Vampire, which it was.

Now, if you can show me a quote where he says it was actually the very first horror RPG out there, then you've got a point. But this isn't that smoking gun.

Nisarg

Yes your right he didn't really lie, just mislead....which IMO isn't much better

 

[Crothian]

Yes your right he didn't really lie, just mislead....which IMO isn't much better

How is this even misleading? It isn't claiming to mbe the first horror game or anything remotely close to that. It just says that it came before those other things.

 

[barsoomcore]

Secondly, something Palladium is doing that no one else is right now, NOT EVEN Wizards, is directing their games to a teenage audience.

Huh? How is D&D NOT directed at a teenage audience? It's sure as heck not directed at an adult audience. The whole hobby is really geared towards people with disposable income and lots of time on their hands.

Teenagers and university students, unless things have changed drastically in the world since I was either.

 

[Karl Green]

Right... I guess it is just this kind of stuff that bugs me... same with other games NOT just Palladium. It just erks me for some reason. Can't you guess say something like "Beyond Supernatural returns in this great book" bla. bla.

Just the way I read it, "because we did it first, we did it best" no that might not be the intent but its how I read it

Oh well maybe I just need not to read to much into everything