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  Jan 27 2014, 10:46 AM
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Running Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,229 Joined: 20-December 10 From: Land of the Oatcakes Member No.: 19,241  |
Is this a reference to the Red Dwarf full immersion interactive game Better Than Life?
This is probably obvious and a stupid question, but I was watching old Red Dwarf yesterday and they were playing the BTL game. I haven't watched series 2 for years, since before I started playing Shadowrun, so I've never made the connection... Also, old Red Dwarf is hilarious |
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Jan 27 2014, 11:56 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 821 Joined: 4-December 09 Member No.: 17,940 |
QUOTE (mister__joshua @ Jan 27 2014, 11:46 AM)  Is this a reference to the Red Dwarf full immersion interactive game Better Than Life? This is probably obvious and a stupid question, but I was watching old Red Dwarf yesterday and they were playing the BTL game. I haven't watched series 2 for years, since before I started playing Shadowrun, so I've never made the connection... Also, old Red Dwarf is hilarious BTLs date back to the first edition, which predates Red Dwarf, thre's no influence here. They're based on Gibson's simsense concept, with the emotional track cranked up into highly addictive level. |
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Jan 27 2014, 12:20 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,229 Joined: 20-December 10 From: Land of the Oatcakes Member No.: 19,241 |
Oh yeah, I meant the name more than the concept. It was strange that both were similar (full sensory simulations) and both called the same thing. Does the name have an origin in there also?
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Jan 27 2014, 03:08 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
Simsense is "More Real than Real" when cranked up to BTL Levels. Thus it is "Better than Life."
There is some explanation, but I do not have access to my 1st Edition Book (or Shadowbeat, which is a better reference). |
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Jan 27 2014, 03:35 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,643 Joined: 22-April 12 From: somewhere far beyond sanity Member No.: 51,886 |
QUOTE (Manunancy @ Jan 27 2014, 12:56 PM) BTLs date back to the first edition, which predates Red Dwarf, thre's no influence here. Not actually true. RD came out first 1988, while SR came out in 1989. |
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Jan 27 2014, 04:23 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,082 Joined: 3-October 09 From: Kohle, Stahl und Bier Member No.: 17,709 |
But the idea of "memory entertainment media" dates back to Neuromancer at least...I'm not sure if Gibson included porn and more extreme stuff, but it seems like the logical consequence of any entertainment media. If it exists, there's porn
The oldest book I can think of with BTL-like tech would be Hardwired ('86), anyone offer something earlier? |
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