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Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD OCT 22: What notable news companies exist in your RPG campaigns? Are they unique to the game or based on real world companies? How reputable are they? (biased, neutral, sensational, etc)
Posted: Tue, 22 Oct 15:21:10
Their in-game reputation is generally "complicit with the bad guys" or "too incompetent to expose the bad guys." This is because I mostly run horror/mystery games, and in the modern world this requires a conceit to explain why a ragtag bunch of randos (the PCs) is solving a problem, instead of the authorities. (The authorities also being either complicit or incompetent.)
However, it's mostly little-mentioned background. We don't game to engage in media or other types of sociopolitical criticism.
Posted: Tue, 22 Oct 15:21:10
by dysjunct
I just go with real-world ones appropriate for the setting, since I don't need to worry about lawsuits over a private game.Their in-game reputation is generally "complicit with the bad guys" or "too incompetent to expose the bad guys." This is because I mostly run horror/mystery games, and in the modern world this requires a conceit to explain why a ragtag bunch of randos (the PCs) is solving a problem, instead of the authorities. (The authorities also being either complicit or incompetent.)
However, it's mostly little-mentioned background. We don't game to engage in media or other types of sociopolitical criticism.