Reposted by tanze bravopueblo / w.s. healed
15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves.
Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:
![A screenshot from Rascal's newsletter which reads:
[Blizzard Entertainment is owned by Microsoft, which has been named a "priority target" by the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement over its complicity in Israel's ongoing occupation of Palestine and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. That boycott explicitly extends to Xbox and Microsoft's gaming products. I am about to spend a few paragraphs writing about a game I love (warts and all), so go forward fully informed about the political context surrounding it.]
World of Warcraft has once again activated the siren call, luring me back to shores I've explored for the majority of my life at this point. This latest temptation is the strongest and most devious, nostalgia mixed with big promises in the form of Wow: Forever. (The essay goes on.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mdv6ziftrioybhhoxqztquno/bafkreicritch25idnw2brdt4nlya6mfh2jyijsmvg6z5umyyge5ymiozqy)
