Horrible Stuff

A bit delayed as usual for me to post a new entry for this blog. Without further ado, here goes.

I have never got into writing an entry that relates about something negative. What I have stumbled on made me think otherwise.

It all started by a search engine query for homebrew paper-and-pencil RPGs (Role-Playing Games and not the explosive ranged munitions used by rebels and other known military milieu.) I skimmed through the search result and encountered mention of this review here(*Blog writer's warning: Clicking the tubgirl link on that page would lead you to a very disgusting picture, its very disgusting for me not to elaborate.*)

The earlier search through the results page also mentioned another badly done RPG called Senzar. I recalled immediately purchasing such a book at CQ Megamall many years ago. It basically gathering dust in my cabinet. In retrospect I never realized that I'm among those of the morbid curious. What's to expect with spare cash on hand and taking a chance?

One of the loudly argued RPGs that is categorized with the bad kind of RPGs is Rifts by Palladium Books. The complaint directed at it was the derivative rules akin to early edition AD&D, 2-3 decades prior to this Microsoftesque RPG system called D20. Rifts was also considered to a munchkin/powergamer's playground given the multitude of characters classes and moreso the "kewl" powers/abilities and the massive toybox to use, especially when you have a small library comprised of the many sourcebooks and worldbooks that contain the extra stuff.

I take a step back at reading mention of this accusation of munchkinism and powergaming. Munchkinism(Earlier known as Monty Haul Campaigns.) was more relating to overpowered and unbalanced gaming style done by the problem player or players that give the poor GM a major headache which problem sets his story off the rails or a merciful suicide shot to the head in a manner of speaking. I just say that I may be lumped in with such but its basically the GM's ability of rectify any random situation as best he can within reason or more so with deviousness to fix the problem. Powergaming is basically a phase of later matured and responsible gamers go through while under the misguided notion that the amount of freedom presented with a whole lot of power is fleeting and an illusionary crutch in the long run.

Now onto this nasty piece of work, Fatal. Like the title of the game says, it reads pretty....repugnant for the more intellectual and sensible of gamers. I read the reviews and cringed as to how poorly constructed and represented the games concepts and ideas go. I braved through the 20 Mb. download to see it for myself and its a shocker. Its a very misogynist game about hack-and-slash, poor use of historical and philosophical info, oozing with promise of graphic sex and other horrible things. I mean for Pete's sake, there is a character stat pertaining to how long and thick a male character's manhood is as well in the case of the females, size of the breast and width of the female orifice and how deep it is. Pretty racy stuff to say. This is definitely one game to keep away from young gamers for sure and moreso from impressionable gamers of whatever ages. This game is really bad that it can give RPGs a bad rep since those earlier inquisitions about RPGs back in the early 80's.

That's all for now on this post. I better sanitize the area from all this putrid stuff. *Puts on a Reinforced Hazmat suit and goes about sanitizing the area with really strong chemicals and radiation.*