[UA] Re: Pants Meme

[Bryant Durrell]

On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 10:57:29AM -0700, Royal Minister of Stuff wrote:
> Incidentally, I don't think of steampunk as silly, but
> it probably is.  Actually, I don't have a problem with
> silly being in the midst of something scary.  I'd say
> both Dead Alive and Evil Dead do a great job of being
> both silly and scary.  
> 
> Is it just me or are gamers absolutely terrified of
> being silly lately?  Why is that, I wonder?

Most GMs a) aren't as good and b) don't have as many tools as Sam Raimi
and Peter Jackson.  Also, there's a difference between dark humor and
Monty Python quotes.

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