tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post3207148443056361279..comments2024-03-25T00:18:14.319-07:00Comments on Against The Wicked City: London calling: lyrical encounter tables for lazy GMsJoseph Manolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-56070670007384839062019-05-22T02:50:21.917-07:002019-05-22T02:50:21.917-07:00Well, that's four rooms of the dungeon done al...Well, that's four rooms of the dungeon done already...<br /><br />I'm pretty sure that 'London Calling' is about the imagined aftermath of a nuclear war. (It was written in 1979, when everyone assumed the bombs were going to start falling any day now.) The ice age is coming and the wheat is growing thin because of the oncoming nuclear winter. London is drowning because the river has flooded all the bomb craters. And so on.Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-90134499068324555572019-05-21T14:42:29.135-07:002019-05-21T14:42:29.135-07:00Seeing the actual lyrics, it looks like I might ha...Seeing the actual lyrics, it looks like I might have mistaken what the song was about. I thought it was more about the primacy of London over the surrounding country, but some misheard lines make it sound more about war and social degradation generally.<br /><br />I toyed with doing something like this for the Police song King Of Pain once. It ended up as something else, but it's still in the back of my mind<br />There's a king on his throne with his eyes torn out <br />There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt <br />There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed <br />There's a skeleton choking on a crust of breadTPmanWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415910295872695542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-29190425086205101152018-06-25T17:57:30.222-07:002018-06-25T17:57:30.222-07:00Grabbing this for my Legacy: Life Among The Ruins ...Grabbing this for my Legacy: Life Among The Ruins game. Thanks!Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506013289739729470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-60259216990248859962018-06-25T17:56:36.984-07:002018-06-25T17:56:36.984-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506013289739729470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-78410200158474613262018-06-25T04:45:27.994-07:002018-06-25T04:45:27.994-07:00'Changing of the Guard' and 'All Along...'Changing of the Guard' and 'All Along the Watchtower' would both pretty much write themselves...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-30314753720327204632018-06-21T14:35:17.599-07:002018-06-21T14:35:17.599-07:00Wonderful. Makes me want to do something similar b...Wonderful. Makes me want to do something similar based on Dylan songs... :DTheohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04298691502034309750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-36709947885469070312018-06-15T03:20:59.178-07:002018-06-15T03:20:59.178-07:00Yeah - the more concrete the song's imagery is...Yeah - the more concrete the song's imagery is, the easier it'll be. The more abstract it is, the more work you'd need to put in to get something gameable out of it!Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-61085923466766630922018-06-13T14:09:14.097-07:002018-06-13T14:09:14.097-07:00This is a genius idea. I'm not sure it would ...This is a genius idea. I'm not sure it would work for a more shallow song or one lacking such brilliant imagery, but it is an interesting idea. I'll be sure to try it.Yami Bakurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266174008401745128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-37996627208399524972018-06-12T23:17:04.081-07:002018-06-12T23:17:04.081-07:00Grim, evocative, and beautiful. I can see several ...Grim, evocative, and beautiful. I can see several of these segueing smoothly together.Rigelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17871675202419307863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-30878793023018136522018-06-12T17:51:15.179-07:002018-06-12T17:51:15.179-07:00Man, you are a genius! I'll try something like...Man, you are a genius! I'll try something like this in my next game. Cheers from Brazil!Kòwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15641773132992704470noreply@blogger.com