Shower Thoughts: I wonder if zoomer or gen alpha players ever play period settings (World of Darkness during the 90s/00s, 60s Silver Age Mutants and Masterminds, Stranger Things inspired urban horror) and get confused when they can't smartphone their way out of the dilemma
>>98500119im gen z and im 27.
>>98500119Have you seen how popular 90s/00s nostalgia is in horror/investigative games, specifically because "no cell signal" feels realistic?Although in current year you can just say the cops/ICE will detain you if you call them, we are far beyond the most moon-howling lunatic's X-files dreams of conspiracy nowadays.
>>98500119This thread seems disingenuous, I don't believe you actually shower.
>>98500119I dunno, do boomers get confused when they play in medieval settings and can't just drive a car to get to places? Okay, fair enough, it's different when the setting's as similar to today as 90s and 00s, but missing some things people take for granted, but still, past being different than today is about equally easy (or hard) for different generations to grasp.
>>98500119No, what does get confusing is playing early modern games (1920's) and then wondering if flashlights or duct tape exist yet.
>>98500119I feel like the opposite would happen , were they will asume any setting older than the kardatians you DIE if you get a small cut. because that is a generational trend they can follow
>>98500393>specifically because "no cell signal" feels realistic?Still does, just live in the sticks like yours trulyEven here you mostly get coverage but then there are places where it completely disappears
>>98502182Flashlights, I do believe so. Duct tape I think might be late 20s or 30s?
>>98500393>spoilerA positive about these delightful times we live in is that you can sell your players on crazy shit a lot more easily, daily news from the US have more power than the Florida man ever did.
>>98500119Pretty sure zoom zooms and alpha have been reminded so many times that le cell phone didn't le exist that they don't forget any more.Kinda like how the boomers used to bore us with their "kids didn't used to sit in all day and play on their nintendos" shit.
>>98500393What people forgot to consider is that a conspiracy's core beliefs don't need to be true, just the people enacting said conspiracy need to believe they are.
>>98502182>>98503701Today, I learned that I've been being lied to my entire life.
>>98500119>settings
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>>98500119Nigga, I've played period piece WoD and lack of smart phones is the least of your worriesYou don't even know what's on TV without a TV guide that you have to buy weeklyYou don't even know who's calling your house unless you're richTaking pictures and (literally) looking businesses up is nothing
>>98504532>since settings can be used for games, anything with a setting so it must automatically be a gameRun a quest with a setting here.
>>98504590>TV guideMy man teletext is right there. Secret messages embedded in your TV! Truly, we live in the future, and it's a shame we're all going to die in y2k.
>>98500720This thread seems ingenious, I think you want to poison every /tg/ thread because you're an assblasted questfag who has made it their stated duty to try to ruin /tg/ forever.
>>98500119>calls my sire on telepathic speed dial
>>98502182At least the books will be sure to tell you about how diverse and inclusive everyone was!
>>98504590>You don't even know what's on TV without a TV guide that you have to buy weeklyBy the '90s you've got a channel that's dedicated to showing what the other channels are showing.
>>98500781They think that horses behave like cars, and get confused when they don't. They get REALLY confused when they're told that if you show up at a random village, before the modern era (as historians reckon it, not the layman), there's probably no common house for them to go to besides the church, and maybe one village family known for brewing (which might have nothing for them today), and unless they're pilgrims or countrymen with the right accent, they aren't going to be in any way welcome at all.
>>98521152What game are you playing where you're playing a period accurate mediaeval game?
>>98521152>They think that horses behave like cars, and get confused when they don't.Like cars in what sense?
>>98521969>what do you mean horses get too tired to move if I force them to gallop all night?>what do you mean my horse is lame for life because it stepped in a bunny hole?>what do you mean my horse needs new shoes after riding through that rocky patch of forest?>what do you meanEtc etc etc
>>98522118>it stepped in a bunny hole?the bunny is ok right...?
>>98522118Why are you wasting time tracking all of that shit?
>>98524214Zoom zoom.
>>98522118What mechanics do you use to track all these attributes? What system is this?
