Jane Austen and Us

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So this post isn't from my list. Because my_daroga told me about this, and I had to Google.

Jane Austen on Wii. - Basically, someone wrote up what playing Pride and Prejudice on a Wii might be like.

There are some problems with it. First of all, Austen is not Victorian, and I get distressed when people think she is. But creator gets points for actually spelling Lizzy the way Austen does; when spelled "Lizzie" it really pisses me off, for some reason. I guess I think people didn't read the book--and it's a good book!

Anywho, problems--this would be more of a social interaction game than an Austen game, which the creator says in the comments. I just wish it was an Austen game. What if you got points for behaving "in character"? Of course, that would hack a lot of people off, just like fanfic and The Great OOC Debate. (Does "OOC" exist? Or is it a myth? Stay Tuned.) Wouldn't it be cool if fanfics had multiple choice questions in them, and if you answered the answers that were "in character" you'd get the ending you want (e.g. Lizzy and Mr. Darcy get together), but if you answered inappropriately, Alternate Ending goes into play (Rock falls, everyone dies. Lizzy marries Colonel Fitzwilliam. Sues take over the world.)

And if we do have to call it something Austen, can't we call it Emma, and have the character-giving-instructions be Mr. Knightley? I can just imagine going around pressing "B" the whole time, having Mr. Knightley say over and over, "Badly done, Emma. Badly done indeed!" The final showdown of the game takes place at Box Hill, naturally. Miss Bates is just like a final boss you have to fight.

Also furniture and clothing don't seem reasonable currency (this is mentioned in the comments, too). Marriage prospects and friends should be the currency. Though Lydia does get hats and trips to Brighton for bad behavior.

I do like how a "B" action was breaking a vase. I read a fanfic once where Lizzy breaks a vase at Rosings Park, and hijinks ensue. Totally unrealistic, but that girl's Sense and Sensibility fics were the first fanfics I ever read that weren't by me. Republic of Pemberley used to be good times, man, before they got stuffy about fanfic.

Other Period Themed Links:

-Wuthering Heights Role-Playing [Paper and Pencil] Game Rules (linked in comments to Wii idea). For fun Victorian times. When creating your character, you roll for the amount of Rage and Despair, and then calculate the number of Problems your character has. It obviously must be awesome.

-Regency Era Dress Up: heroine and hero. I spent nearly half an hour with the hero one night, because after I dressed him I decided he needed an invisible male partner, because he was gay and also having issues with his magic. He accidentally made his husband invisible, see. But his husband was a good sport about it, and got dressed to go out with him anyway, and they posed. They held hands. Invisibile hands.

Suffice it to say: I love people.

Comments

[my_daroga]

But I guess for me the spelling of a name makes a difference in how I think of the name, like Anne with an e.

Oh, I totally agree, and I'm not trying to argue you're wrong; except for the part where I'm sure I've spelled it wrong, too, due to distance from the book or something and the prevalence of "-ie"'s. I think it totally makes a difference, and Erik and Eric are totally different people. I just understand the mistake or am defensive.

I saw the cds on the table. :)

[tkp.livejournal.com]

...I've seen you spell it "ie", but obviously you understand my comment wasn't aimed at you; it's just a general pet peeve of mine that is more my problem than yours. But I should have thought of that before I said it; I'm sorry to make you feel defensive. Pretty much I think everything you do is golden :o)

Sorry I left them out!

Hope practice went well last night. I really want to get some writing done tonight.

[my_daroga]

LOL. I didn't feel personally defensive, as in, I did not feel attacked by you. I feel you are right, and I felt disingenuous not owning up to it, while making my explanation. Lizzy would be well-justified in being peeved at me, as well, just as I would if someone called me "Chris" (though oddly, despite one being unequivocally Right, it doesn't make me angry). So I didn't feel defensive in that negative way, but I am aware that my explanation had the whiff of it.

Oh heavens.

Also, I did not mean you should have put cds away. I was just happy to see them.

Hope practice went well last night. I really want to get some writing done tonight.

Me too! Hope you had fun last night. I missed you.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was googlin' the other day just to make sure there aren't actually any versions with "ie", and I saw that all the links about the '95 version said "ie". There are more google hits for Lizzie Bennet than Lizzy Bennet. It's funny because I can never actually remember how to spell Bennet, whether it's two t's or one.

I didn't really think you were actually hurt or anything. I just meant, I wouldn't want anyone to feel they had to defend themselves because my comment was equivalent to shouting and waving my arms at the world, not someone in particular.

I didn't think you meant I should put the cds away either, I just realized I hadn't put them away.

My God we are so polite; it's sickening!

[my_daroga]

I think it's because we're online and have no expressions. You're a right bitch in person.

But I understand we understand each other.

Mr. Bennet feels oppressed by your Bennetts.

Also I am pretty sure I like Lizzie better than Lizzy, but that doesn't make it right.