Matthew McFarland
Autore di Changeling: the Lost
Sull'Autore
Opere di Matthew McFarland
Vampire Translation Guide 5 copie
Curse the Darkness 4 copie
Gazing Into You 3 copie
Penance By Firelight 2 copie
The God-Machine Chronicle 2 copie
The Primordial Feast 1 copia
FirstFable 1 copia
Undead: a sourcebook for Chill 1 copia
Series Pitch: Hold the Chain 1 copia
Ghosts of London 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- BlackHat Matt (pseudonym)
- Data di nascita
- 1974-08-15
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Ohio, USA
- Attività lavorative
- game developer
speech and language pathologist - Relazioni
- Lyons-McFarland, Michelle (spouse)
- Organizzazioni
- White Wolf Game Studio
Cleveland Metropolitan School District (speech-language pathologist)
Growling Door Games (co-founder)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 43
- Opere correlate
- 7
- Utenti
- 783
- Popolarità
- #32,506
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 14
- ISBN
- 26
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 1
All I can say is: Grow up.
Changeling: The Lost is a masterwork; people who simply say 'this is a victim' game doesn't look at the whole. They barely even skim the surface. No one sees how retaking one's life is a POSITIVE and EMPOWERING thing -- how the metaphor of enslavement and abuse and the retaking of one's life is a HOPEFUL thing, but one that also educates the unknowing to the dangers of the world. If Dreaming -- which is a game I loved (and have thousands of dollars in out of print books of!) -- is about youthful vigor and hope, The Lost is about the change that comes when we must realize that some old dreams must be put aside, so that new dreams may thrive. They gloss over the finer points to paint the game with a broad brush of horror and woe. The point has been missed.
We have to grow up -- yes, it will hurt. Yes, it will change us, and we may never go home again... but that doesn't mean that we will not learn to do more then survive, but THRIVE elsewhere.
Thankfully, from it being White Wolf's #1 seller for nearly a year, I'd have to say the majority of the world 'gets it'. To those who still cling to victimhood (as if you're the only one who has ever been
hurt) or wave their 'this book hurts me because it's just not hopeful enough' -- go back to your sugarfloss Dreaming, and I'll happily get Lost.
The writing is excellent. The legends portrayed sometimes miss, but the system, the fiction, and the fluff all deliver. This should be on your gaming shelf. Yes. Even yours.… (altro)