[UA] Transmet

[Edward Parsons]

The Transmet Sites good, but sparse on content.

Planetary is also a decent UA source, especially the new TP "The Fourth
Man".

Also worth checking out is the free downloadable first issue of Ministry Of
Space, alternate timeline Britain-gets-there-first space adventure (kind of
"Dan Dare"). Get if from

www.warrenellis.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick O'Duffy" <redfern at thehub.com.au>
To: "Unknown Armies Mailing List" <UA at lists.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: [UA] Transmet


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Knevitt" <psipsina at iprimus.com.au>
> To: <ua at lists.uchicago.edu>
>
> > Have you actually been to the Transmet site? Damn that FLash is funky. I
> > just spent about two or three minutes running the mouse over the menu
> items
> > becuase the sound was so cool. :)
>
> Can't say I have - I read the comic, and spend a lot of time on Warren
> Ellis' Delphi forum, but haven't bothered to check out any fansites.
>
> ObUA - The comic series TRANSMETROPOLITAN has a surprising amount of
> potential for a UA game. Sure, it's sci-fi, not horror, and isn't as
> immediately useful as some of Ellis' other work like HELLBLAZER, DARK BLUE
> or STRANGE KISS.
>
> But look past the tropes and get into the themes. Transmet is about the
> power of the individual - it's the story of how one journalist is doing
his
> best to bring down a corrupt government, no matter what the cost. Spider
> Jerusalem is the fucked-up, erratic face of the Chronicler - but unlike
> Hunter S. Thompson, the obvious inspiration for the character, he actually
> accomplishes more than his own self-destruction.
>
> The characters could be transplanted to modern UA without too much
trouble.
> Some of the plotlines are stealable. And it has lots of swearing - the key
> element of any good US game as far as I'm concerned.
>
> Go read it, people.
>
> --
> Patrick O'Duffy, Brisbane, Australia
>
> Hate. Bullets. Bombs. Blood. Spies.
> Am I getting the fuck THROUGH to you people?
>
> - Spider Jerusalem, TRANSMETROPOLITAN #55
>
>
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