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From: neilg@fraser.sfu.ca (Neil K. Guy)
Subject: Re: First Person adventure games?
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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1993 21:01:54 GMT
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activis@netcom.com (ActiVision) writes:

>Actually having descriptions in the first person.

>  "I'm in a vast cave filled with bat guano."

>Implies a third person game.  I.E. you are NOT in the game,
>some one else is, and he's (she's) telling you about it.

 Well, I could have written "Adventure Games with Written Descriptions
in the First Person, Thereby Implying a Third Party Aside from an
Omniscient Narrator" but I thought that the subject line I used was
pretty straightforward and easy to understand despite being
technically inaccurate.

 So, Activision has a net.presence, eh? Hmm... I have no particular
opinions concerning the company, but I know *some* people do... hope
you have an asbestos mailer. :) (assuming we're talking the same
Activision here)

 - Neil K. (n_k_guy@sfu.ca)
