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From an RPG called, Fading Suns made by Holistic Design, Inc. Think Dune enters the galactic Dark Ages.
Its an uncommonly elegant and, at least to me, unaccountably melancholic world. No doubt its something to do with the title. Worth a looksee.
White Wolf likes it dark. As you've no doubt noticed, so do I.
While it may not be an actual genre in itself, Dark makes an apt adjective to establish the mood for a wide range of settings. The GothPunk millieu of the World of Darkness pretty much sells itself. However, prior to the first Alien film, there wasn't much to find in the way of "dark" or "gothic" Science Fiction. That the future could be bleak and gritty, or at least drearily downbeat was a novel concept to me as a kid. Watching shows like Star Trek or The Jetsons, you don't get the sense that little Jimmy Kirk or Elroy Jetson ever worried about the Boogeyman being under their beds. Their futures were too well lit to be scary.
After Alien debuted, there seemed to be more visions of an arguably more nihilistic look at humanity's future. Perhaps this stems from a time-honored fascination with the unkempt attics and cellars of our own psyches, the possible wellspring from which many of our boogeymen (human/alien/supernatural) emerge.
Whatever the case, the folks at White Wolf were very good at tapping into that wellspring and lending verisimilitude to a series of fictional worlds that seemed to slip effortlessly from out of and back into the shadows of our own.
More to come.
we all FLOAT down here...
Neurotics build castles in the sky.
Fantasy artists draught the blueprints.
One of my many RPG assignments. The few jobs I did with Pinnacle Entertainment were fun, but I sure wish I had been able take more time off from other assignments to do more work on this title.
Along with Weird Science, Weird West is yet another genre I adore. Any kind of vintage indutstrial/steam/boilerplate world (where adventure is high and nature is bent) is bound to command my attention and get my gears a turnin', as it were. Thus far, there have been any number of permutations and cross pollenations of periods and genres. Just wiki* your favorite type; eg. Steam Punk or Weird West and see how deep the rabbit hole goes.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
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