RPG Writeups — In Dark Alleys or “Gnosticm is the worst thing to ever happen to rpgs” or “House in The Void and Fighting The R*pe Ghost as a Racist with Dynamite” or “There are good ideas in this game but you'll have to dig to find them”

Although people still love surrealist-style art, the revolutionary and anti-rational ideas of surrealism are scary. Surrealism is about acting without censorship of thought, which many associate with chaos and anarchy. Nonsense is fine when restricted to a piece of canvas, but when people try to apply it to the important matters of life it becomes threatening.

Listen I'm not saying the prose is stellar but this quote is helpful in me trying to understand what the author's intent is with these “philosophies”.

Also the reviewer seems to come down hard on the delusional, the layman understanding, the things that don't line up with conventional understandings of history even though that could totally be how a character would understand it… so why not embrace that contempt and be an agent of the powers that be?

Also he had a great idea about crackheads accidentally becoming animists. Then treated it like a downside! This review feels like he came to a conclusion before reading, and doggedly refused fun at every turn.