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Post by quad on Sept 21, 2023 15:44:51 GMT
Had a thought yesterday: Does anyone else find it weird how little the Internet is used in Faction Paradox? Considering the series is about 45% conspiracies, myths, and legends, you'd think the Internet would be the perfect plot device for Earth-based narratives. Not to mention the fact that the series is written almost exclusively by and for people who post online. Hell, Interference and This Town both deal with the idea of media and the media imago without really delving into how those concepts apply to the Internet. I don't even think those stories are worse off for not covering that; it just seems like an odd omission.
Anyone have an idea why the series tends to avoid online stuff? Is it because online conspiracy theories are overused in media? Also, if anyone knows of a short story or something that does explore the Web, let me know; I'd be curious to check it out.
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Post by Anastasia on Sept 22, 2023 8:08:15 GMT
I don’t know but on a mild but related tangent, I always kind of hoped for them to do a digital online scavenger hunt myself.
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Post by quad on Sept 22, 2023 17:29:20 GMT
Totally, FP is perfect ARG material. As long as the reward is more than a promotional photo lol.
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Post by mbrookhaven on Sept 23, 2023 8:21:27 GMT
Had a thought yesterday: Does anyone else find it weird how little the Internet is used in Faction Paradox? Considering the series is about 45% conspiracies, myths, and legends, you'd think the Internet would be the perfect plot device for Earth-based narratives. Not to mention the fact that the series is written almost exclusively by and for people who post online. Hell, Interference and This Town both deal with the idea of media and the media imago without really delving into how those concepts apply to the Internet. I don't even think those stories are worse off for not covering that; it just seems like an odd omission. Anyone have an idea why the series tends to avoid online stuff? Is it because online conspiracy theories are overused in media? Also, if anyone knows of a short story or something that does explore the Web, let me know; I'd be curious to check it out. Probably worth remembering that This Town and Interference are 20 years old (kill me now). The internet was around, but it was different. Around that time I was saving stuff on floppies, on dial up and pages took forever to load. |
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Post by walkstheages on Sept 23, 2023 21:50:15 GMT
Had a thought yesterday: Does anyone else find it weird how little the Internet is used in Faction Paradox? Considering the series is about 45% conspiracies, myths, and legends, you'd think the Internet would be the perfect plot device for Earth-based narratives. Not to mention the fact that the series is written almost exclusively by and for people who post online. Hell, Interference and This Town both deal with the idea of media and the media imago without really delving into how those concepts apply to the Internet. I don't even think those stories are worse off for not covering that; it just seems like an odd omission. Anyone have an idea why the series tends to avoid online stuff? Is it because online conspiracy theories are overused in media? Also, if anyone knows of a short story or something that does explore the Web, let me know; I'd be curious to check it out. Probably worth remembering that This Town and Interference are 20 years old (kill me now). The internet was around, but it was different. Around that time I was saving stuff on floppies, on dial up and pages took forever to load. Came here to say just this; most of the early faction paradox (the only one's I've interacted with so far) are all from very, very early 2000s.
It's 2023, and most of these really books and material were written and posted in or around 2002-2005.
For some fun/cool context, I looked up "the internet in 2005", and Youtube and Reddit were not founded until 2005; a full 3 years after The Book of The War, This Town Will Never Let Us Go, and Dead Romance were published--
--think about that for a moment, all of the books published before Erasing Sherlock were published in a world where Youtube didn't exist.
If the newer stories haven't utilized the internet yet (haven't read them yet), it's probably an attempt to keep that unique Vibe the early novels had.
If you want a fun little comparison, Here's the link to the FP wiki that shows when the books were published,
And Here is a link to a website that highlights events in computer history, sort-able by year  |
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Post by quad on Sept 25, 2023 19:35:09 GMT
Probably worth remembering that This Town and Interference are 20 years old (kill me now). The internet was around, but it was different. Around that time I was saving stuff on floppies, on dial up and pages took forever to load. Came here to say just this; most of the early faction paradox (the only one's I've interacted with so far) are all from very, very early 2000s.
It's 2023, and most of these really books and material were written and posted in or around 2002-2005.
For some fun/cool context, I looked up "the internet in 2005", and Youtube and Reddit were not founded until 2005; a full 3 years after The Book of The War, This Town Will Never Let Us Go, and Dead Romance were published--
--think about that for a moment, all of the books published before Erasing Sherlock were published in a world where Youtube didn't exist.
If the newer stories haven't utilized the internet yet (haven't read them yet), it's probably an attempt to keep that unique Vibe the early novels had.
If you want a fun little comparison, Here's the link to the FP wiki that shows when the books were published,
And Here is a link to a website that highlights events in computer history, sort-able by year Oof, y'know that always slips my mind. I've only been reading FP for about a year now, so to me it's like a new, current thing, when really Book of the War is the same age as me! Hopefully some upcoming releases deal with media in a way that's current and speaks to us kids, yo (You can't see, but I've currently got my arms crossed and I'm wearing a backwards cap.) |
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Post by mbrookhaven on Sept 27, 2023 7:23:23 GMT
when really Book of the War is the same age as me! Well now I'm going to cry. |
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Post by quad on Sept 27, 2023 17:53:56 GMT
when really Book of the War is the same age as me! Well now I'm going to cry. Haha, sorry about that |
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Post by doctornolonger on Sept 27, 2023 21:12:44 GMT
I don’t know but on a mild but related tangent, I always kind of hoped for them to do a digital online scavenger hunt myself. There was a small ARG for The Book of the Peace leading to the Dossier entries, although it erred in the direction of hard-to-spot. It was a 0.1 test run! |
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