twhalen2600 on 13/3/2018 at 15:05
Dear taffers,
As part of my now year old and hopefully rest-of-life freelance writing and editing career, I have begun writing about
Thief missions at TechRaptor. The series is called
(https://techraptor.net/dark-narrative?utm_source=sidebar&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=dark_narrative) Dark Narrative and looks at missions from the narrative angle. How does
Thief's design, specifically, relay narrative and characterization?
I would appreciate any feedback, positive, negative, and in-between, if you have the time to read it. So far I've covered
Lord Bafford's Manor and
Shipping...and Receiving, and just submitted a post on
Assassins for editorial review.
I also plan to pitch a series there on
Thief fan missions, called
Thief FM Showcase. If I get the okay, I'd write not just about T / T2 FMs, but also Dark Mod missions (that'd give me a good excuse to play more of them, which I need to do). I would also try to reach out to authors for interviews and / or any words on their mission(s) they could provide, only as much as any agree to, if at all, of course.
I'm excited to give
Thief and the fan community here coverage at any website I write for, because I think the content created here is among the best in gaming, made by some of the best talent in gaming.
The link's above, but if you don't like following links until you've read all of a post, here's (
https://techraptor.net/dark-narrative?utm_source=sidebar&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=dark_narrative) another.
Thank you for any time you spend reading it, and for any feedback!
skacky on 13/3/2018 at 23:38
This is pretty nice! There's a lot of articles/essays about Thief's systems and design but not that many about the actual narrative. Assassins is a fascinating mission from a narrative standpoint especially when you put it against Bafford's (they complete each other extremely well, I think). Excited to read what you wrote about it.
I hope you get a green light for the FM showcase. There is a criminally low amount of publications that talk about modding on a more than surface level. Interviews sound very interesting and I'd be 100% down for it.
twhalen2600 on 14/3/2018 at 00:04
Thank you, skacky! The editor-in-chief there actually decided I could include stories on FMs as part of this same series, as "interlude" entries. I'm excited for the opportunity! I'll PM you once I'm ready to start my first story for it, which should be sometime before the end of the week; I'll go ahead and start with one of your missions.
downwinder on 22/3/2018 at 01:32
i would love to see this in audio form with a slide show of pics showing map as you go along
twhalen2600 on 23/3/2018 at 01:59
downwinder - I have thought of doing video features with voice-over to accompany these entries, but for now I plan to stick with the text alongside game play cuts. I have submitted gameplay and audio files for a couple impressions pieces I've written for the site, though they are still being edited.
That's still a good idea, and doing video features for fun is a possibility for me in the future. I may also see about doing a video feature on each Thief game in general.