Ron mentioned something called Zero to the Bone...

[TickTock Man]

... and I gotta believe it is a new game of some sort coming down the pipeline.  Is this true?  Is it top secret?  I am the only one wallowing in ignorance?

Seeking enlightenment, I am...

-Angelo

[Ron Edwards]

Zero at the Bone is one of the alpha-alpha game designs I included with my three essays on Gamist, Narrativist, and Simulationist play. It goes with the Narrativist one.

The article: Narrativism: Story Now
The direct link to the game (or protogame): Zero at the Bone

Recently I've revised, updated, and begun serious development of the game. I'm musing over the idea of releasing it for purchase during 2005.

Also, Angelo, there is a search function at the Forge ... you can use it to find other threads about the game ... it's not Google, so don't just type in "Zero at the Bone" and hit go, learn how to use it ...

Best,
Ron

[TickTock Man]

Will do.  Still learning my way around a little.

-Angelo

[Mulciber]

For those who aren't raving 19th century American poetry fanboys, the reference.

As a friend of mine put it--relavent to a discussion of her hometown--, I so don't stalk Emily Dickinson.

[Ron Edwards]

Hello,

I wonder why the website titles the poem "The Snake"? Dickinson did not title her poems, and typically they're referred to by their first lines. Thus this one should be "A narrow fellow in the grass."  

Anyway. Will, about your second paragraph, I have no idea what you or your friend are saying.

Best,
Ron

[jrs]

I wonder why the website titles the poem "The Snake"? Dickinson did not title her poems, and typically they're referred to by their first lines. Thus this one should be "A narrow fellow in the grass."

At the risk of boring folks, here's a bit of Dickinsonian trivia.  Her poems were originally published in four volumes between 1890-1915.  The first three of these volumes had titles supplied to many of the poems by their editors.  The poems were compiled into a complete edition in 1924 wherein the supplied titles were dropped.

References to the earlier editions may well include titles, e.g., "The Snake".  I expect that these references to earlier editions with no or little knowledge of later ones will become increasingly common as the earlier ones are more likely to be outside of copyright and more easily included in  digital scanning projects.

You may now return to your regularly scheduled Forge discussions.

Julie