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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: My Hate List (Revised)
Date: 12 Feb 2025 03:21:59 GMT
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2025 19:48:46 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote:

> I think that part of the fun of GTA is the fact that that it isn't
> linear and you can pretty much do whatever you want. As for Assassin's
> Creed, I always enjoyed climbing things to sync views as well as the
> sword fights. I would routinely jump into crowds of people, start a
> swordfight and kill them all.

Doing whatever I want in GTA didn't seem to be advancing the story line, 
if there is one. In AC if I started a sword fight I'd be the one who got 
killed. 

Anna Mocikat worked in the games industry before moving to the US and 
becoming a cyberpunk author. Her major work is the 'Behind Blue Eyes' 
series but she also has a 'Cyber Squad' series. That one is self-
referential since it treats the BBE universe as a video game and the cyber 
squad are the QA people testing the game. She works in the terminology and 
techniques of game design.  It isn't my favorite of her works but the 
insider view was interesting.